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A genus of Scolopacidae
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tringa
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tringa \Trin"ga\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin , Knot , and Sandpiper .
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Tringa is a genus of waders , containing the shanks and tattlers . The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas , a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus ''Tringa'' of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers.
Usage examples of tringa.
They simply conferred with each other via affinity, then Samuel and a colleague called Tringa headed for the spaceport.
Samuel chartered a starship to take him to the Dorados, while Tringa found one which would convey him to Jupiter so he could warn the Consensus.