charadrii
English Thesaurus
1. shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird, |
| definition | : | any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | charadriidae, family charadriidae, |
| definition | : | plover family (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family scolopacidae, scolopacidae, |
| definition | : | sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus himantopus, himantopus, |
| definition | : | major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cladorhyncus, genus cladorhyncus, |
| definition | : | one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family recurvirostridae, recurvirostridae, |
| definition | : | long-legged shorebirds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family haematopodidae, haematopodidae, |
| definition | : | oystercatchers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family phalaropidae, phalaropidae, |
| definition | : | phalaropes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family glareolidae, glareolidae, |
| definition | : | Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | burhinidae, family burhinidae, |
| definition | : | large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | charadriiformes, order charadriiformes, |
| definition | : | large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life (noun.animal) |
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