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ARENARIA INTERPRES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Arenaria interpres mean?
• ARENARIA INTERPRES (noun)
The noun ARENARIA INTERPRES has 1 sense:
1. common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia
Familiarity information: ARENARIA INTERPRES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arenaria interpres; ruddy turnstone
Hypernyms ("Arenaria interpres" is a kind of...):
turnstone (migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food)
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