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GENUS VANELLUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vanellus mean?

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

1. Eurasian lapwings

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS VANELLUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Eurasian lapwings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Vanellus; Vanellus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Vanellus"):

green plover; lapwing; peewit; pewit (large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs)

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

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)

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