erolia

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Scolopacidae (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	erolia minutilla, least sandpiper, stint,
definition	:	smallest American sandpiper (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dunlin, erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper,
definition	:	small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions (noun.animal)

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