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Pedionomus

noun

plain wanderer

• Syn: ↑genus Pedionomus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Turnicidae, ↑family Turnicidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑plain wanderer, ↑Pedionomus torquatus

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\\ˌpedēˈänəməs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pedionomos plain-dweller, from pedi- + -nomos (from nemein to inhabit, pasture) — more at nimble

: a monotypic genus of Australian birds (family Turnicidae) consisting of the plain wanderer and closely related to the button quails

Useful english dictionary. 2012.