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hemipode
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hemipode has 1 sense
- hemipode(n = noun.animal) bustard quail, button quail, button-quail - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains; Array is a kind of wader, wading bird
is a member of genus turnix, turnix
has particulars: striped button quail, turnix sylvatica
CIDE DICTIONARY
hemipode, n. [Hemi- + Gr. , , foot.].
Any bird of the genus Turnix . Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia. [1913 Webster]
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