NOUN | animal | family Charadriidae, Charadriidae | plover family |
---|
Meaning | plover family. | |
---|---|---|
Synonym | Charadriidae | |
Member of | Charadrii, suborder Charadrii | shorebirds |
Members | Arenaria, genus Arenaria | turnstones |
Charadrius, genus Charadrius | type genus of the Charadriidae | |
Pluvialis, genus Pluvialis | golden plovers | |
Vanellus, genus Vanellus | Eurasian lapwings | |
plover | Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings | |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Spanish | carádridos | |
Catalan | caràdrids, Charadriidae |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact