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LIMNODROMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Limnodromus mean? 

LIMNODROMUS (noun)
  The noun LIMNODROMUS has 1 sense:

1. dowitchersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LIMNODROMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dowitchers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Limnodromus; Limnodromus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Limnodromus"):

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

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

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


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