Word Meanings - TURNIX - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae.

• Generable
  Capable of being generated or produced.
• Generant
  Generative; producing
• Lacking
  of Lack
• Anatomically
  In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
• Resemble
  To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
• Callidity
  Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
• Whereabouts
  About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.
• Wherethrough
  Through which.
• Different
  Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
• BIRDSFOOT
  A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Bri
• Foundation
  The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• General
  Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
• Generated
  of Generate
• Alligate
  To tie; to unite by some tie.
• Lackadaisical
  Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.
• Appearance
  The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
• Resembler
  One who resembles.
• Calligrapher
  One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.

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