English Explanatory Dictionary

scolopacine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.
  2. Or, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of sandpipers; sandpiper-like.
noun
  1. Any sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae, a scolopacid
  2. Any sandpiper of the scolopacid subfamily Scolopacinae

Word forms

scolopacine scolopacines

Etymology

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).

Related words

scolopacid
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