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Charadrii

noun

shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews

• Syn: ↑suborder Charadrii

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Charadriiformes, ↑order Charadriiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑shorebird, ↑shore bird, ↑limicoline bird, ↑Charadriidae, ↑family Charadriidae, ↑Scolopacidae, ↑family Scolopacidae, ↑Himantopus, ↑genus Himantopus, ↑Cladorhyncus, ↑genus Cladorhyncus, ↑Recurvirostridae, ↑family Recurvirostridae, ↑Haematopodidae, ↑family Haematopodidae, ↑Phalaropidae, ↑family Phalaropidae, ↑Glareolidae, ↑family Glareolidae, ↑Burhinidae, ↑family Burhinidae

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\\kəˈradrēˌī\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from plural of Charadrius, type genus

: the suborder of Charadriiformes comprising the shorebirds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.