Burhinidae


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Related to Burhinidae: Burhinus oedicnemus, stone curlews
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Noun1.Burhinidae - large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
family Burhinidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
Burhinus, genus Burhinus - type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
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