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Dromadidae
วงศ์นกหัวโตกินปูี
woŋ nók-hŭa-too-kin-puu

蟹鸻科
xiè-héng kē

蟹鴴科
xiè-héng kē

カニチドリ科
kani chi-dori ka

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The Dromadidae crab plovers are named นกหัวโตกินปู nók hŭa-too-kin-puu, intended as 'crab-eating plover'. The name is influenced by the English name 'Crab Plover' and is based on นกหัวโต nók hŭa-too 'big-head bird', the Thai general name for plovers (Charadriidae).

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Crab plover
Crab-plover
นกหัวโตกินปู
nók hŭa-too-kin-puu
'crab-eating big-head (bird)'
        蟹鸻
(蟹鴴)
xiè-héng
'crab plover'
カニチドリ
(蟹千鳥)
kani-chidori
'crab plover'

นกหัวโต nók hŭa-too 'big-head bird' is the Thai word for 'plover' (Charadriidae).