English noun: shore bird |
1. | shore bird (animal) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
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| Synonyms | limicoline bird, shorebird |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wader, wading bird |
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| 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 |
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| Member meronym | Charadrii, suborder Charadrii |
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