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HEMIPODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemipode mean? 

HEMIPODE (noun)
  The noun HEMIPODE has 1 sense:

1. small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plainsplay

  Familiarity information: HEMIPODE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEMIPODE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bustard quail; button-quail; button quail; hemipode

Hypernyms ("hemipode" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemipode"):

striped button quail; Turnix sylvatica (a variety of button quail having stripes)

Holonyms ("hemipode" is a member of...):

genus Turnix; Turnix (type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail)


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