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SCOLOPAX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks

Synonyms:

genus Scolopax; Scolopax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Scolopax"):

Eurasian woodcock; Scolopax rusticola (short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock)

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

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

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