Pedionomus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pedionomus \Pedionomus\ prop. n.
     A genus of birds including the {plains wanderer} ({Pedionomus
     torquatus}) of New South Wales as its only species. It is the
     only genus of the family {Pedionomidae} of the order
     {Passeriformes} and the plains wanderer is the only species
     in the family. The total world population (as of ca. 2000) is


     estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand.
  
     Note: See also http://www.philipmaher.com/plains.htm.
  
     Syn: genus Pedionomus.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pedionomus
       n : plain wanderer [syn: {genus Pedionomus}]