GENUS SCOLOPAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scolopax mean? 

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

1. type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks

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

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• GENUS SCOLOPAX (noun)

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Meaning:

Type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scolopax; Scolopax

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Scolopax"):

Eurasian woodcock; Scolopax rusticola (short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock)

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

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