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GENUS CAPELLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Snipes

Synonyms:

Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Capella" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Capella"):

Gallinago gallinago; whole snipe (common snipe of Eurasia and Africa)

Gallinago gallinago delicata; Wilson's snipe (American snipe)

Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe (Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe)

Holonyms ("genus Capella" is a member of...):

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)

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