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GENUS VANELLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vanellus mean?
• GENUS VANELLUS (noun)
The noun GENUS VANELLUS has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian lapwings
Familiarity information: GENUS VANELLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian lapwings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vanellus; Vanellus
Hypernyms ("genus Vanellus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Vanellus"):
green plover; lapwing; peewit; pewit (large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs)
Holonyms ("genus Vanellus" is a member of...):
Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)
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