Akademik

ortygan

noun

any of several East Indian birds

• Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader

• Member Holonyms: ↑Turnix, ↑genus Turnix

* * *

\\ˈȯ(r)d.ə̇gən\ noun (-s)

Etymology: Greek ortyg-, ortyx quail + English -an

: one of several East Indian birds of the genus Turnix

Useful english dictionary. 2012.