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ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Actitis hypoleucos mean?
• ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS (noun)
The noun ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS has 1 sense:
1. a variety of sandpiper
Familiarity information: ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of sandpiper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Actitis hypoleucos; European sandpiper
Hypernyms ("Actitis hypoleucos" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Holonyms ("Actitis hypoleucos" is a member of...):
Actitis; genus Actitis (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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