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Numenius

noun

curlews

• Syn: ↑genus Numenius

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scolopacidae, ↑family Scolopacidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑curlew

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\\n(y)üˈmēnēəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek noumēnios, a bird, perhaps the curlew, from Greek noumēnia, neomēnia new moon, first of the month, from ne- + mēn month + -ia — more at moon

: a genus of birds (family Scolopacidae) consisting of the curlews

Useful english dictionary. 2012.