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    CHARADRII

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlewsplay

    Synonyms:

    Charadrii; suborder Charadrii

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Charadrii"):

    limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

    Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)

    family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)

    genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)

    Cladorhyncus; genus Cladorhyncus (one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)

    family Recurvirostridae; Recurvirostridae (long-legged shorebirds)

    family Haematopodidae; Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)

    family Phalaropidae; Phalaropidae (phalaropes)

    family Glareolidae; Glareolidae (Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers)

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

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

    Charadriiformes; order Charadriiformes (large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life)

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