turnicidae

English Thesaurus

1. small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus turnix, turnix,
definition	:	type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pedionomus, pedionomus,
definition	:	plain wanderer (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gruiformes, order gruiformes,
definition	:	inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards (noun.animal)