family rallidae

1. Rails;
   Crakes;
   Gallinules;
   Coots (synset 102017300)
   is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
   member holonym:

   • rail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
   • gallirallus, genus gallirallus - rails of New Zealand
   • crex, genus crex - corncrakes
   • genus porzana, porzana - spotted crakes
   • gallinula, genus gallinula - gallinules
   • genus porphyrio, porphyrio - Old World purple gallinules
   • genus porphyrula, porphyrula - American purple gallinules
   • genus notornis - a genus of Rallidae
   • fulica, genus fulica - coots
   belongs to: gruiformes, order gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
   same as: rallidae

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