hemipode

Noun

hem=i=pode

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hemipode(n = noun.animal) bustard quail, button quail, button-quail - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains;

is a kind of wader, wading bird

is a member of genus turnix, turnix

has particulars: striped button quail, turnix sylvatica

hemipode, n. [Hemi- + Gr. , , foot.].

Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia. [1913 Webster]