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NUMENIUS ARQUATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Numenius arquata mean?
• NUMENIUS ARQUATA (noun)
The noun NUMENIUS ARQUATA has 1 sense:
1. common Eurasian curlew
Familiarity information: NUMENIUS ARQUATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Eurasian curlew
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
European curlew; Numenius arquata
Hypernyms ("Numenius arquata" is a kind of...):
curlew (large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill)
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