PEDIONOMUS TORQUATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pedionomus torquatus mean? 

• PEDIONOMUS TORQUATUS (noun)
  The noun PEDIONOMUS TORQUATUS has 1 sense:

1. small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains

  Familiarity information: PEDIONOMUS TORQUATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDIONOMUS TORQUATUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pedionomus torquatus; plain wanderer

Hypernyms ("Pedionomus torquatus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Pedionomus torquatus" is a member of...):

genus Pedionomus; Pedionomus (plain wanderer)