We found 1 definitions of rallidaes from 1 different sources.
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rallidae - rails; crakes; gallinules; coots | ||
family Rallidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
gruiformes, order gruiformes inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards | ||
rail any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | ||
gallirallus, genus gallirallus rails of New Zealand | ||
crex, genus crex corncrakes | ||
genus porzana, porzana spotted crakes | ||
gallinula, genus gallinula gallinules | ||
genus porphyrio, porphyrio Old World purple gallinules | ||
genus porphyrula, porphyrula American purple gallinules | ||
genus notornis a genus of Rallidae |