genus glareola

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	glareole, pratincole,
definition	:	Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family glareolidae, glareolidae,
definition	:	Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers (noun.animal)