GENUS CLADORHYNCUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills

Synonyms:

Cladorhyncus; genus Cladorhyncus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cladorhyncus"):

Australian stilt; stilt (long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia)

banded stilt; Cladorhyncus leucocephalum (web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings)

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

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