hemipode

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as hemipod.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

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• noun Any of a small family of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.

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• noun small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains