Definition of Crocethia

1. Noun. A genus of Scolopacidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Crocethia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Crocethia Alba, Sanderling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crocethia

Crius
Crixivan
Crna Gora
Cro-Magnon
Cro-magnon
Croat
Croatia
Croatian
Croatian Sheepdog
Croatian Sheepdogs
Croatians
Croation
Croato-Serbian
Croats
Crocanthemum canadensei
Crocethia (current term)
Crocethia alba
Crock Pot
Crockett
Crocodile River
Crocodilia
Crocodilus
Crocodylia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus niloticus
Crocodylus porosus
Crocq's disease
Crocus sativus
Crocuta

Literary usage of Crocethia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"7; coast of North Sea), by reason of the change of the generic name Calidris to Crocethia (cf. supra), and the rejection of Tringa leucophaea "Pallas" as ..."

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