Definition of Charadrii

1. Noun. Shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Charadrii

Chaozhou
Chaparian
Chapel Hill
Chaplin
Chaplinesque
Chapman
Chapman's antshrike
Chapman code
Chapultepec
Char
Chara
Characeae
Characean algae
Characidae
Characinidae
Charadrii (current term)
Charadriidae
Charadriiformes
Charadrius
Charadrius melodus
Charadrius morinellus
Charadrius vociferus
Charales
Charcot
Charcot's arteries
Charcot's disease
Charcot's gait
Charcot's intermittent fever
Charcot's syndrome
Charcot's triad

Literary usage of Charadrii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1903)
"The charadrii have a remarkably shrill plover note, & are a pretty light-coloured neat bird. Neither species is delicate to eat. They run very fast; ..."

2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"Of the Charadrii twenty-one species are referred to the genus Charadrius (including the smaller forms more commonly termed ..."

3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Society of London (1901)
"On Baird's Sandpiper in Sussex. T. cp 27. [Charadrii- formes] 232. ... [Charadrii- formes.] 239. . Albatross near the Faroes (Diomedea ..."

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