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GENUS ACTITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Scolopacidae
Synonyms:
Actitis; genus Actitis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Actitis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Actitis"):
Actitis hypoleucos; European sandpiper (a variety of sandpiper)
Actitis macularia; spotted sandpiper (common North American sandpiper)
Holonyms ("genus Actitis" is a member of...):
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
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