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Pedionomus

noun
1.
Plain wanderer.  Synonym: genus Pedionomus.



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... Gallinaceae. In most of the species the female is more distinctly coloured and brighter than the male (14. For the Australian species, see Gould's 'Handbook,' etc., vol. ii. pp. 178, 180, 186, and 188. In the British Museum specimens of the Australian Plain-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) may be seen, shewing similar sexual differences.), but in some few species the sexes are alike. In Turnix taigoor of India the male "wants the black on the throat and neck, and the whole ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin
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Words linked to "Pedionomus" :   Pedionomus torquatus, genus Pedionomus, bird genus, Turnicidae, plain wanderer, family Turnicidae


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