hemipode
1Hemipode — Hem i*pode, n. [Hemi + Gr. ?, ?, foot.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any bird of the genus {Turnix}. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia. [1913 Webster] …
2hemipode — hemipodan /heuh mip euh dn/, adj. /hem i pohd /, n. See button quail. [1860 65; < NL Hemipodius name of the genus < Gk hemipod (s. of hemípous) half foot. See HEMI , POD] * * * ▪ bird (Greek: “half foot”), generally any bird of the suborder …
3hemipode — noun a) hemipode or hemipode, or are both possible? b) Any of a small family of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix. Syn: buttonquail …
4Hémipode — Pédionome errant Pédionome errant …
5Hémipode à collier — Pédionome errant Pédionome errant …
6hemipode — [ hɛmɪpəʊd] noun another term for button quail. Origin C19: from mod. L. Hemipodius, from Gk hēmi half + pous, pod foot …
7hemipode — hemi·pode …
8hemipode — 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 • Syn: ↑button quail, ↑button quail, ↑bustard quail • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader • …
9button quail — 1. any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode. 2. the blue breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis. [1880 85] * * * ▪ bird also… …
10Buttonquail — Taxobox name = Buttonquail image caption = Small Buttonquail regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Turnicidae familia authority = GR Gray, 1840 subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Turnix… …