CHARADRIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Charadriidae mean? 

• CHARADRIIDAE (noun)
  The noun CHARADRIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. plover family

  Familiarity information: CHARADRIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARADRIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plover family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae

Hypernyms ("Charadriidae" 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 "Charadriidae"):

plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)

Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)

genus Pluvialis; Pluvialis (golden plovers)

genus Vanellus; Vanellus (Eurasian lapwings)

Arenaria; genus Arenaria (turnstones)

Holonyms ("Charadriidae" is a member of...):

Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)