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HIMANTOPUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
Synonyms:
genus Himantopus; Himantopus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Himantopus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Himantopus" is a member of...):
Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)
