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CLADORHYNCUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills

Synonyms:

Cladorhyncus; genus Cladorhyncus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Cladorhyncus"):

Australian stilt; stilt (long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia)

banded stilt; Cladorhyncus leucocephalum (web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings)

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

Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)

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