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HEMIPODE

• HEMIPODE (noun)
The noun HEMIPODE has 1 sense:

1. small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains

Familiarity information: HEMIPODE used as a noun is very rare.

• HEMIPODE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bustard quail; button quail; button-quail; hemipode

Hypernyms ("hemipode" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemipode"):

striped button quail; Turnix sylvatica (a variety of button quail having stripes)

Holonyms ("hemipode" is a member of...):

genus Turnix; Turnix (type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail)

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Useful links:
Meaning of wader
Turnix sylvatica definition
Pronunciation of wading bird
Turnix definition
Definition of genus Turnix

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