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CALIDRIS CANUTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calidris canutus mean?
• CALIDRIS CANUTUS (noun)
The noun CALIDRIS CANUTUS has 1 sense:
1. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Familiarity information: CALIDRIS CANUTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Calidris canutus; grayback; greyback; knot
Hypernyms ("Calidris canutus" 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 ("Calidris canutus" is a member of...):
Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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