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CROCETHIA

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Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

Synonyms:

Crocethia; genus Crocethia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Crocethia"):

Crocethia alba; sanderling (small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world)

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

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)

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