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CHARADRIUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers

Synonyms:

Charadrius; genus Charadrius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Charadrius" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Charadrius"):

Charadrius melodus; piping plover (small plover of eastern North America)

Charadrius vociferus; kildeer; killdeer; killdeer plover (American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry)

Charadrius morinellus; dotrel; dotterel; Eudromias morinellus (rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia)

Holonyms ("Charadrius" is a member of...):

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)

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