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SURFBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does surfbird mean?
• SURFBIRD (noun)
The noun SURFBIRD has 1 sense:
1. sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America
Familiarity information: SURFBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aphriza virgata; surfbird
Hypernyms ("surfbird" is a kind of...):
limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)
Holonyms ("surfbird" is a member of...):
Aphriza; genus Aphriza (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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