genus charadrius

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	charadrius melodus, piping plover,
definition	:	small plover of eastern North America (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover,
definition	:	American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	charadrius morinellus, dotrel, dotterel, eudromias morinellus,
definition	:	rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	charadriidae, family charadriidae,
definition	:	plover family (noun.animal)