button quail

Noun
  1. Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe;
    Classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains (synset 102022583)
    is a type of: wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
    subtypes: striped button quail, turnix sylvatica - a variety of button quail having stripes
    belongs to: genus turnix, turnix - type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail
    same as: bustard quail, button-quail, hemipode

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