family burhinidae

Noun
  1. Large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews (synset 102042596)
    is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    member holonym: burhinus, genus burhinus - type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
    belongs to: charadrii, suborder charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
    same as: burhinidae

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