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EROLIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

Synonyms:

Erolia; genus Erolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Erolia"):

Erolia minutilla; least sandpiper; stint (smallest American sandpiper)

dunlin; Erolia alpina; red-backed sandpiper (small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions)

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

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

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