Jacanidae

plural noun

Ja·​can·​i·​dae

jəˈkanəˌdē

: a small but widely distributed family of birds (suborder Charadrii) that are related to the plovers and sandpipers and comprise the jacanas

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Jacana, type genus + -idae

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