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GENUS VANELLUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Eurasian lapwings

Synonyms:

genus Vanellus; Vanellus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Vanellus"):

green plover; lapwing; peewit; pewit (large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs)

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

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)

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