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nounOld World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
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- courser swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
- glareolidae Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
- family glareolidae Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
- genus glareola type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles
- glareola type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles