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CHARADRIUS MELODUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Charadrius melodus mean? 

CHARADRIUS MELODUS (noun)
  The noun CHARADRIUS MELODUS has 1 sense:

1. small plover of eastern North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CHARADRIUS MELODUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHARADRIUS MELODUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small plover of eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Charadrius melodus; piping plover

Hypernyms ("Charadrius melodus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Charadrius melodus" is a member of...):

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


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