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Actitis
Actitis
Translingual
Proper noun
Actitis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – some sandpipers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clade; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Charadrii - suborder; Scolopacidae - family
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276