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GENUS CALIDRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calidris mean?
• GENUS CALIDRIS (noun)
The noun GENUS CALIDRIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Scolopacidae
Familiarity information: GENUS CALIDRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Scolopacidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Calidris; genus Calidris
Hypernyms ("genus Calidris" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Calidris"):
Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper (American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting)
Calidris canutus; grayback; greyback; knot (a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere)
Calidris Ferruginea; curlew sandpiper (Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew)
Holonyms ("genus Calidris" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
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