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NUMENIUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curlews

Synonyms:

genus Numenius; Numenius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Numenius"):

curlew (large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill)

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

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

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