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SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scolopax rusticola mean? 

SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA (noun)
  The noun SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA has 1 sense:

1. short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcockplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eurasian woodcock; Scolopax rusticola

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

woodcock (game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)

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

genus Scolopax; Scolopax (type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks)


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