Turnix

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Turnix - type genus of the Turnicidae: button quailgenus Turnixbird genus - a genus of birdsfamily Turnicidae, Turnicidae - small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quailbustard quail, button quail, button-quail, hemipode - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plainsortygan - any of several East Indian birds