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HAEMATOPODIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Haematopodidae mean?
• HAEMATOPODIDAE (noun)
The noun HAEMATOPODIDAE has 1 sense:
1. oystercatchers
Familiarity information: HAEMATOPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oystercatchers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Haematopodidae; Haematopodidae
Hypernyms ("Haematopodidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Holonyms ("Haematopodidae" is a member of...):
Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)
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"Words of wisdom comes out of simple people mouths." (Arabic proverb)
"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes." (Dutch proverb)