GENUS CROCETHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Crocethia mean? 

• GENUS CROCETHIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CROCETHIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Scolopacidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS CROCETHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CROCETHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Crocethia; genus Crocethia

Hypernyms ("genus Crocethia" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Crocethia"):

Crocethia alba; sanderling (small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world)

Holonyms ("genus Crocethia" is a member of...):

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)