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SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scolopax rusticola mean?
• SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA (noun)
The noun SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA has 1 sense:
1. short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
Familiarity information: SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Eurasian woodcock; Scolopax rusticola
Hypernyms ("Scolopax rusticola" is a kind of...):
woodcock (game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)
Holonyms ("Scolopax rusticola" is a member of...):
genus Scolopax; Scolopax (type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks)
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