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Definition of Rallidae
1. Noun. Rails; crakes; gallinules; coots.
Exact synonyms: Family Rallidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Gruiformes, Order Gruiformes
Member holonyms: Rail, Gallirallus, Genus Gallirallus, Crex, Genus Crex, Genus Porzana, Porzana, Gallinula, Genus Gallinula, Genus Porphyrio, Porphyrio, Genus Porphyrula, Porphyrula, Genus Notornis, Fulica, Genus Fulica
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Gruiformes, Order Gruiformes
Member holonyms: Rail, Gallirallus, Genus Gallirallus, Crex, Genus Crex, Genus Porzana, Porzana, Gallinula, Genus Gallinula, Genus Porphyrio, Porphyrio, Genus Porphyrula, Porphyrula, Genus Notornis, Fulica, Genus Fulica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rallidae
Literary usage of Rallidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1858)
"... embrace a single genus, Aramus, which most authors place in? the rallidae.
ARAMUS,. ... rallidae."
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