Term: ruff: common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: adoration: the worship given to God alone
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: angioma: a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: group therapy: psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: kit fox: small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: chaetodontidae: butterfly fishes
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: pandanaceae: family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: slumber: a dormant or quiescent state
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirds
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: withdrawer: an individualist who withdraws from social interaction
Broader: sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | Unrelated: xanthorrhoeaceae: one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted