HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Himantopus himantopus mean? 

• HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS (noun)
  The noun HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS has 1 sense:

1. stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

  Familiarity information: HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-winged stilt; Himantopus himantopus

Hypernyms ("Himantopus himantopus" is a kind of...):

Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)

Holonyms ("Himantopus himantopus" is a member of...):

genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)