CALIDRIS MELANOTOS

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Meaning:

American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

Synonyms:

Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper

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Nouns denoting animals

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

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

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

Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)

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