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TRINGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tringa mean?
• TRINGA (noun)
The noun TRINGA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Scolopacidae
Familiarity information: TRINGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Scolopacidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tringa; Tringa
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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