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CROCETHIA ALBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crocethia alba mean?
• CROCETHIA ALBA (noun)
The noun CROCETHIA ALBA has 1 sense:
1. small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
Familiarity information: CROCETHIA ALBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crocethia alba; sanderling
Hypernyms ("Crocethia alba" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Holonyms ("Crocethia alba" is a member of...):
Crocethia; genus Crocethia (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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