CALIDRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calidris mean? 

• CALIDRIS (noun)
  The noun CALIDRIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Scolopacidae

  Familiarity information: CALIDRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALIDRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Calidris; genus Calidris

Hypernyms ("Calidris" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Calidris"):

Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper (American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting)

Calidris canutus; grayback; greyback; knot (a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere)

Calidris Ferruginea; curlew sandpiper (Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew)

Holonyms ("Calidris" is a member of...):

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)