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    FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Plover familyplay

    Synonyms:

    Charadriidae; family Charadriidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Charadriidae" is a kind of...):

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Meronyms (members of "family Charadriidae"):

    plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)

    Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)

    genus Pluvialis; Pluvialis (golden plovers)

    genus Vanellus; Vanellus (Eurasian lapwings)

    Arenaria; genus Arenaria (turnstones)

    Holonyms ("family Charadriidae" is a member of...):

    Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)

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