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GENUS LIMOSA

• GENUS LIMOSA (noun)
The noun GENUS LIMOSA has 1 sense:

1. godwits

Familiarity information: GENUS LIMOSA used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS LIMOSA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Limosa ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Godwits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Limosa; Limosa

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Limosa"):

godwit (large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill)

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

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

"Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone."
(English proverb)
"If heat is applied to iron long enough it will melt; if cold is applied to water long enough it will freeze."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"The carpenter's door is loose."
(Arabic proverb)
"High trees catch lots of wind."
(Dutch proverb)

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