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HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus mean?
• HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (noun)
The noun HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS has 1 sense:
1. stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
Familiarity information: HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus; white-headed stilt
Hypernyms ("Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus" 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 leucocephalus" is a member of...):
genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)
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