JACANIDAE


Meaning of JACANIDAE in English

jəˈkanəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Jacana, type genus + -idae

: a small but widely distributed family of birds (suborder Charadrii) that are related to the plovers and sandpipers and comprise the jacanas

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