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GENUS LIMNODROMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Limnodromus mean? 

GENUS LIMNODROMUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LIMNODROMUS has 1 sense:

1. dowitchersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS LIMNODROMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dowitchers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Limnodromus; Limnodromus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Limnodromus"):

dowitcher (shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)

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

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


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