family rallidae
Noun
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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 wingsmember 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; bustardssame as: rallidae
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