TRINGA TOTANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tringa totanus mean? 

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

1. a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRINGA TOTANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common Old World wading bird with long red legs

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

redshank; Tringa totanus

Hypernyms ("Tringa totanus" 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 ("Tringa totanus" is a member of...):

genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)