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    GREENSHANK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large European sandpiper with greenish legsplay

    Synonyms:

    greenshank; Tringa nebularia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("greenshank" is a kind of...):

    sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

    Holonyms ("greenshank" is a member of...):

    genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)

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