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POLYNESIAN TATTLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polynesian tattler mean?
• POLYNESIAN TATTLER (noun)
The noun POLYNESIAN TATTLER has 1 sense:
1. tattler of Pacific coastal regions
Familiarity information: POLYNESIAN TATTLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tattler of Pacific coastal regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Heteroscelus incanus; Polynesian tattler
Hypernyms ("Polynesian tattler" is a kind of...):
tattler (any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry)
Holonyms ("Polynesian tattler" is a member of...):
genus Heteroscelus; Heteroscelus (tattlers)
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