CROCODILE BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crocodile bird mean? 

• CROCODILE BIRD (noun)
  The noun CROCODILE BIRD has 1 sense:

1. African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles

  Familiarity information: CROCODILE BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROCODILE BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

crocodile bird; Pluvianus aegyptius

Hypernyms ("crocodile bird" is a kind of...):

courser (swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles)

Holonyms ("crocodile bird" is a member of...):

genus Pluvianus; Pluvianus (coursers)