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scolopacine

scolopacine adjective: of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.

Adjective

scolopacine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.
  2. Or, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of sandpipers; sandpiper-like.

Noun

scolopacine (plural scolopacines)

  1. Any sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae, a scolopacid
  2. Any sandpiper of the scolopacid subfamily Scolopacinae

Forms of scolopacine

pluralscolopacines

Origin of scolopacine

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).

Questions about scolopacine

What does scolopacine mean?
Scolopacine means of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.
What part of speech is scolopacine?
Scolopacine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near scolopacine in the dictionary

  1. scolloping
  2. scollops
  3. scolopaceous
  4. scolopacid
  5. scolopacids
  6. scolopacine
  7. scolopale
  8. scolopendra
  9. scolopendras
  10. scolopendrasin
  11. scolopendrellid

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