RECURVIROSTRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Recurvirostridae mean? 

• RECURVIROSTRIDAE (noun)
  The noun RECURVIROSTRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. long-legged shorebirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECURVIROSTRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-legged shorebirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Recurvirostridae; Recurvirostridae

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

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Recurvirostridae"):

genus Recurvirostra; Recurvirostra (type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets)

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

Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)