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CHARADRIUS MELODUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Charadrius melodus mean?
• CHARADRIUS MELODUS (noun)
The noun CHARADRIUS MELODUS has 1 sense:
1. small plover of eastern North America
Familiarity information: CHARADRIUS MELODUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small plover of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Charadrius melodus; piping plover
Hypernyms ("Charadrius melodus" is a kind of...):
plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)
Holonyms ("Charadrius melodus" is a member of...):
Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)
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