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PLUVIANUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coursers

Synonyms:

genus Pluvianus; Pluvianus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pluvianus"):

crocodile bird; Pluvianus aegyptius (African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles)

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

family Glareolidae; Glareolidae (Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers)

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