| Turnix | n. [ NL., fr. L. coturnix a quail. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Turnip | n. [ OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n&aemacr_;pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew. ] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [ Formerly written also turnep. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. --
Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, striolata syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle. --
Turnip fly. (Zool.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live in the turnip root. [ 1913 Webster ]
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