GENUS TURNIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Turnix mean? 

• GENUS TURNIX (noun)
  The noun GENUS TURNIX has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail

  Familiarity information: GENUS TURNIX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TURNIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Turnix; Turnix

Hypernyms ("genus Turnix" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Turnix"):

bustard quail; button-quail; button quail; hemipode (small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains)

ortygan (any of several East Indian birds)

Holonyms ("genus Turnix" is a member of...):

family Turnicidae; Turnicidae (small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail)