Closely related to the coursers

• Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers [syn: glareole ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several species of birds in the genus ''Glareola'' or ''Stiltia'' of the family Glareolidae.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The pratincoles or greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian plover make up the family Glareolidae . They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pratincole \Pra"tin*cole\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola , or family Glareolid[ae] , allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.