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GALLINAGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gallinago mean?
• GALLINAGO (noun)
The noun GALLINAGO has 1 sense:
1. snipes
Familiarity information: GALLINAGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snipes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago
Hypernyms ("Gallinago" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Gallinago"):
Gallinago gallinago; whole snipe (common snipe of Eurasia and Africa)
Gallinago gallinago delicata; Wilson's snipe (American snipe)
Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe (Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe)
Holonyms ("Gallinago" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
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