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GENUS CALIDRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calidris mean? 

GENUS CALIDRIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CALIDRIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Scolopacidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CALIDRIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CALIDRIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Calidris; genus Calidris

Hypernyms ("genus Calidris" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Calidris"):

Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper (American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting)

Calidris canutus; grayback; greyback; knot (a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere)

Calidris Ferruginea; curlew sandpiper (Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew)

Holonyms ("genus Calidris" is a member of...):

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)


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