We found 2 definitions of charadriidae from 2 different sources.
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charadriidae - plover family | ||
family Charadriidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
charadrii, suborder charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews | ||
plover any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | ||
charadrius, genus charadrius type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers | ||
genus pluvialis, pluvialis golden plovers | ||
genus vanellus, vanellus Eurasian lapwings |