Associations to the word «Scolopacidae» - Word Associations Network

Noun

Retention
Order
Family
Bird
Evolution
Gene
Genus
Species
Evidence

Adjective

Sized
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Medium
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Eurasian
Ancestral
Billed
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Verb

Include

Wiktionary

SCOLOPACIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the suborder Charadrii — sandpipers and snipes.

Dictionary definition

SCOLOPACIDAE, noun. Sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers.

Wise words

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