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FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Recurvirostridae mean?
• FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. long-legged shorebirds
Familiarity information: FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-legged shorebirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Recurvirostridae; Recurvirostridae
Hypernyms ("family 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 "family Recurvirostridae"):
genus Recurvirostra; Recurvirostra (type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets)
Holonyms ("family Recurvirostridae" is a member of...):
Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)
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