noun
rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
• Syn: ↑Rallidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes
• Member Meronyms:
↑rail, ↑Gallirallus, ↑genus Gallirallus, ↑Crex, ↑genus Crex, ↑Porzana, ↑genus Porzana, ↑Gallinula, ↑genus Gallinula, ↑Porphyrio, ↑genus Porphyrio, ↑Porphyrula, ↑genus Porphyrula, ↑genus Notornis, ↑Fulica, ↑genus Fulica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.