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TRINGA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

Synonyms:

genus Tringa; Tringa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Tringa" is a member of...):

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

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