genus crocethia

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Scolopacidae (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	crocethia alba, sanderling,
definition	:	small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family scolopacidae, scolopacidae,
definition	:	sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers (noun.animal)