family otididae

Noun
  1. Bustards (synset 102021292)
    is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    member holonym:
    • bustard - large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
    • genus otis, otis - type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
    • choriotis, genus choriotis - Australian bustard
    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: otididae

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