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Definition of Charadrius
1. Noun. Type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Charadriidae, Family Charadriidae
Member holonyms: Charadrius Melodus, Piping Plover, Charadrius Vociferus, Kildeer, Killdeer, Killdeer Plover, Charadrius Morinellus, Dotrel, Dotterel, Eudromias Morinellus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charadrius
Literary usage of Charadrius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"(Europe and Asia, south in winter to northwestern Africa, India, New Guinea, etc.
; accidental in California?) Charadrius ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(3) Charadrius, Cuv. The beak of the True Plovers is only inflated above ...
(1) Charadrius, the Greek name of a nocturnal aquatic bird, comes from £«{«• <? ..."
3. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture by Leo Wiener (1921)
"THE Charadrius. ... has the following account of the charadrius: "Charadrius,
avis quae in Deuteronomio ..."
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