'Pedionomus torquatus' definitions:
Definition of 'Pedionomus torquatus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains [syn: plain wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus]
Definition of 'Pedionomus torquatus'
From: GCIDE
- Pedionomus \Pedionomus\ prop. n. A genus of birds including the plains wanderer ({Pedionomus torquatus}) of New South Wales as its only species. It is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is the only species in the family. The total world population (as of ca. 2000) is estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand.
- Note: See also http://www.philipmaher.com/plains.htm.
- Syn: genus Pedionomus. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Pedionomus torquatus'
From: GCIDE
- plains wanderer \plains wanderer\ n. A bird of the genus Pedionomus (Pedionomus torquatus) of New South Wales, the only species in the genus. Pedionomus is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is thus the only species in the family. The total world population (ca. 2000) is estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand.
- Note: See also http://www.philipmaher.com/plains.htm.
- Syn: plain wanderer. [WordNet 1.5]