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GENUS LIMNODROMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Limnodromus mean?
• GENUS LIMNODROMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LIMNODROMUS has 1 sense:
1. dowitchers
Familiarity information: GENUS LIMNODROMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dowitchers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Limnodromus; Limnodromus
Hypernyms ("genus Limnodromus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Limnodromus"):
dowitcher (shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)
Holonyms ("genus Limnodromus" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
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