We found 2 definitions of glareolidae from 2 different sources.
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glareolidae - Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers | ||
family Glareolidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
charadrii, suborder charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews | ||
genus glareola, glareola type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles | ||
courser swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | ||
cursorius, genus cursorius coursers |