genus gallinago

English Thesaurus

1. snipes (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	gallinago gallinago, whole snipe,
definition	:	common snipe of Eurasia and Africa (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	gallinago gallinago delicata, wilson's snipe,
definition	:	American snipe (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	gallinago media, great snipe, woodcock snipe,
definition	:	Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe (noun.animal)

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