noun
small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
• Syn: ↑Pedionomus torquatus
• Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pedionomus, ↑genus Pedionomus
* * *
noun : a small Australian bird (Pedionomus torquatus) similar to the button quails
Useful english dictionary. 2012.