CURLEW SANDPIPER

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Meaning:

Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew

Synonyms:

Calidris Ferruginea; curlew sandpiper

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("curlew sandpiper" 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 ("curlew sandpiper" is a member of...):

Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)

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