Associations to the word «Turnicidae»

Wiktionary

TURNICIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Turniciformes   — the buttonquail.

Dictionary definition

TURNICIDAE, noun. Small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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