CHARADRIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Charadrius mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARADRIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Charadrius; genus Charadrius

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Charadrius"):

Charadrius melodus; piping plover (small plover of eastern North America)

Charadrius vociferus; kildeer; killdeer; killdeer plover (American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry)

Charadrius morinellus; dotrel; dotterel; Eudromias morinellus (rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia)

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

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)