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    BUTTON QUAIL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    bustard quail; button-quail; button quail; hemipode

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("button quail" 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 "button quail"):

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

    Holonyms ("button quail" is a member of...):

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

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