"family scolopacidae" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member holonym:
- sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
- aphriza, genus aphriza - a genus of Scolopacidae
- actitis, genus actitis - a genus of Scolopacidae
- erolia, genus erolia - a genus of Scolopacidae
- genus tringa, tringa - a genus of Scolopacidae
- calidris, genus calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae
- crocethia, genus crocethia - a genus of Scolopacidae
- bartramia, genus bartramia - a genus of Scolopacidae
- genus philomachus, philomachus - ruffs
- genus heteroscelus, heteroscelus - tattlers
- catoptrophorus, genus catoptrophorus - willet
- genus scolopax, scolopax - type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks
- genus philohela, philohela - American woodcocks
- capella, gallinago, genus capella, genus gallinago - snipes
- genus limnocryptes, limnocryptes - snipe
- genus limnodromus, limnodromus - dowitchers
- genus numenius, numenius - curlews
- genus limosa, limosa - godwits
belongs to: charadrii, suborder charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews

same as: scolopacidae