philomachus pugnax

1. 1.

   common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

   Synonymsruff

   Broadersandpiper

   Narrowerreeve

   Part ofPhilomachus

Questions about philomachus pugnax

What does philomachus pugnax mean?

philomachus pugnax means "common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season".

What is another word for philomachus pugnax?

Close synonyms include ruff. 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 philomachus pugnax a common word?

philomachus pugnax 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.