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    GENUS CALIDRIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Scolopacidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Calidris; genus Calidris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Calidris" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Calidris"):

    Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper (American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting)

    Calidris canutus; grayback; greyback; knot (a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere)

    Calidris Ferruginea; curlew sandpiper (Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew)

    Holonyms ("genus Calidris" is a member of...):

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

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