family Burhinidae

Definitions of family Burhinidae
  1. noun
    large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
    synonyms: Burhinidae
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    type of:
    bird family
    a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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