Burhinidae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Burhinidae
    n 1: large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
         [syn: {Burhinidae}, {family Burhinidae}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Burhinidae \Burhinidae\ n.
   a natural family of large wading birds resembling the
   plovers; the stone curlews.

   Syn: family {Burhinidae}.
        [WordNet 1.5]