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Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and North Africa that lacks a hind toe
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hemipode
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hemipode \Hem"i*pode\, n. [Hemi- + Gr. ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the genus Turnix . Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.
WordNet
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n. small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains [syn: button quail , button-quail , bustard quail ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus ''Turnix''.