ortygan

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ortygan has 1 sense

ortygan(n = noun.animal) Array - any of several East Indian birds; Array

is a kind of

wader

wading bird

is a member of genus turnix, turnix

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ortygan, n. [Gr. , , a quail.].

One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See Turnix. [1913 Webster]