noun
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, ↑hemipode
• Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader
• Hyponyms: ↑striped button quail, ↑Turnix sylvatica
• Member Holonyms: ↑Turnix, ↑genus Turnix
Useful english dictionary. 2012.