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    GENUS TRINGA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Scolopacidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Tringa; Tringa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Tringa" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Tringa"):

    greenshank; Tringa nebularia (large European sandpiper with greenish legs)

    redshank; Tringa totanus (a common Old World wading bird with long red legs)

    yellowlegs (either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs)

    Holonyms ("genus Tringa" is a member of...):

    family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)

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