GENUS TRINGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tringa mean? 

• GENUS TRINGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS TRINGA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Scolopacidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS TRINGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TRINGA (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tringa; Tringa

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)