FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Long-legged shorebirds

Synonyms:

family Recurvirostridae; Recurvirostridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Recurvirostridae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "family Recurvirostridae"):

genus Recurvirostra; Recurvirostra (type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets)

Holonyms ("family Recurvirostridae" is a member of...):

Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)