aphriza virgata

1. 1.

   sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America

   Synonymssurfbird

   Broadershorebird

   Part ofAphriza

Questions about aphriza virgata

What does aphriza virgata mean?

aphriza virgata means "sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America".

What is another word for aphriza virgata?

Close synonyms include surfbird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aphriza virgata a common word?

aphriza virgata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.