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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 neckplay

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


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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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