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CROCETHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crocethia mean?
• CROCETHIA (noun)
The noun CROCETHIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Scolopacidae
Familiarity information: CROCETHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Scolopacidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crocethia; genus Crocethia
Hypernyms ("Crocethia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Crocethia"):
Crocethia alba; sanderling (small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world)
Holonyms ("Crocethia" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
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