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CATOPTROPHORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Catoptrophorus mean? 

CATOPTROPHORUS (noun)
  The noun CATOPTROPHORUS has 1 sense:

1. willetplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CATOPTROPHORUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Willet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Catoptrophorus; genus Catoptrophorus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Catoptrophorus"):

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus; willet (large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts)

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

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


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