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FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Charadriidae mean?
• FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. plover family
Familiarity information: FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plover family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Charadriidae; family Charadriidae
Hypernyms ("family 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 "family 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 ("family Charadriidae" is a member of...):
Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)
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