Associations to the word «Numenius»

Wiktionary

NUMENIUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae.
NUMENIUS AMERICANUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the long-billed curlew.
NUMENIUS ARQUATA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the Eurasian curlew.
NUMENIUS BOREALIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the Eskimo curlew.
NUMENIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the eastern curlew.
NUMENIUS MINUTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the little curlew.
NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the whimbrel.
NUMENIUS TAHITIENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the bristle-thighed curlew.
NUMENIUS TENUIROSTRIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae   — the slender-billed curlew.

Dictionary definition

NUMENIUS, noun. Curlews.

Wise words

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