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VANELLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vanellus mean?
• VANELLUS (noun)
The noun VANELLUS has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian lapwings
Familiarity information: VANELLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian lapwings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vanellus; Vanellus
Hypernyms ("Vanellus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Vanellus"):
green plover; lapwing; peewit; pewit (large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs)
Holonyms ("Vanellus" is a member of...):
Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)
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