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GALLINAGO GALLINAGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gallinago gallinago mean?
• GALLINAGO GALLINAGO (noun)
The noun GALLINAGO GALLINAGO has 1 sense:
1. common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
Familiarity information: GALLINAGO GALLINAGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gallinago gallinago; whole snipe
Hypernyms ("Gallinago gallinago" is a kind of...):
snipe (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)
Holonyms ("Gallinago gallinago" is a member of...):
Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago (snipes)
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