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    GENUS HIMANTOPUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight billsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Himantopus; Himantopus

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Himantopus"):

    Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)

    black-necked stilt; Himantopus mexicanus (stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck)

    black-winged stilt; Himantopus himantopus (stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings)

    Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus; white-headed stilt (stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck)

    Himantopus novae-zelandiae; kaki (blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt)

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

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

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