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    BURHINUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlewsplay

    Synonyms:

    Burhinus; genus Burhinus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Burhinus" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "Burhinus"):

    Burhinus oedicnemus; stone curlew; thick-knee (large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint)

    Holonyms ("Burhinus" is a member of...):

    Burhinidae; family Burhinidae (large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews)

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