charadriidae
Noun
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Plover family (synset 102025787)
is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsmember holonym:
- plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
- charadrius, genus charadrius - type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers
- genus pluvialis, pluvialis - golden plovers
- genus vanellus, vanellus - Eurasian lapwings
- arenaria, genus arenaria - turnstones
belongs to: charadrii, suborder charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlewssame as: family charadriidae
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