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GENUS PLUVIALIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Golden plovers

Synonyms:

genus Pluvialis; Pluvialis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Pluvialis" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pluvialis"):

golden plover (plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots)

Holonyms ("genus Pluvialis" is a member of...):

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)

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