English > family Scolopacidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers. |
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| Synonym | Scolopacidae |
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| Member of | Charadrii, suborder Charadrii | shorebirds |
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| Members | Actitis, genus Actitis | A genus of Scolopacidae |
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| Aphriza, genus Aphriza | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Bartramia, genus Bartramia | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Calidris, genus Calidris | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Catoptrophorus, genus Catoptrophorus | willet |
| Crocethia, genus Crocethia | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Erolia, genus Erolia | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Gallinago, genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella | snipes |
| Heteroscelus, genus Heteroscelus | tattlers |
| Limnocryptes, genus Limnocryptes | snipe |
| Limnodromus, genus Limnodromus | dowitchers |
| Limosa, genus Limosa | godwits |
| Numenius, genus Numenius | curlews |
| Philohela, genus Philohela | American woodcocks |
| Philomachus, genus Philomachus | ruffs |
| Scolopax, genus Scolopax | type of the Scolopacidae |
| Tringa, genus Tringa | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| sandpiper | Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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| Catalan | Scolopacidae |
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