Audio English.net » Dictionary » V » Van Allen Belt ... Vapidity

VANELLUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Vanellus mean?

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

1. Eurasian lapwings

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

Dictionary entry details

• VANELLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Vanellus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Eurasian lapwings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Vanellus; Vanellus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Vanellus"):

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

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

Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"Where there's a will there's a way." (English proverb)

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." (Native American proverb, Cherokee)

"Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market." (Arabic proverb)

"Knowledge is in the head, not the copybook." (Egyptian proverb)

VANELLUS: related words searches

» Definition of family Charadriidae
» What does Charadriidae mean?
» green plover definition
» What does peewit mean?
» Definition of pewit

Page delivered in 0.0248 seconds