Pedionomus

noun

Ped·​i·​on·​o·​mus

ˌpedēˈänəməs

: a monotypic genus of Australian birds (family Turnicidae) consisting of the plain wanderer and closely related to the button quails

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek pedionomos plain-dweller, from pedi- + -nomos (from nemein to inhabit, pasture)

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