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English noun: shorebird

1. shorebird (animal) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries


Synonymslimicoline bird, shore bird


Broader (hypernym)wader, wading bird


Narrower (hyponym)Aphriza virgata, Australian stilt, avocet, Burhinus oedicnemus, courser, curlew, glareole, godwit, Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, oyster catcher, oystercatcher, phalarope, plover, pratincole, sandpiper, snipe, stilt, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird, stone curlew, surfbird, thick-knee, woodcock


Member meronymCharadrii, suborder Charadrii









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