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himantopus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun himantopus has 1 sense
- himantopus(n = noun.animal) genus himantopus - major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills; Array is a kind of bird genus
is a member of charadrii, suborder charadrii
CIDE DICTIONARY
himantopus, n.
one of two genera of stilts; they are similar to avocets but with straight bills. [WordNet 1.5]
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