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GENUS NUMENIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Numenius mean?
• GENUS NUMENIUS (noun)
The noun GENUS NUMENIUS has 1 sense:
1. curlews
Familiarity information: GENUS NUMENIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curlews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Numenius; Numenius
Hypernyms ("genus Numenius" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Numenius"):
curlew (large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill)
Holonyms ("genus Numenius" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
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