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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Hemi-

+ Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], foot.]

(Zool.)

Any bird of the genus

Turnix

. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Black-breasted Button-quail male inskip

hemipode ‎(plural hemipodes)

Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.