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CAPELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snipes
Synonyms:
Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Capella" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Capella"):
Gallinago gallinago; whole snipe (common snipe of Eurasia and Africa)
Gallinago gallinago delicata; Wilson's snipe (American snipe)
Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe (Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe)
Holonyms ("Capella" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The brightest star in Auriga
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
giant; giant star (a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun))
Holonyms ("Capella" is a member of...):
Auriga; Charioteer (a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way)
