limnodromus scolopaceus

1. 1.

   a dowitcher with a red breast

   Synonymsred-breasted snipe

   Broaderdowitcher

Questions about limnodromus scolopaceus

What does limnodromus scolopaceus mean?

limnodromus scolopaceus means "a dowitcher with a red breast".

What is another word for limnodromus scolopaceus?

Close synonyms include red-breasted snipe. 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 limnodromus scolopaceus a common word?

limnodromus scolopaceus 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.