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TRINGA NEBULARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tringa nebularia mean?
• TRINGA NEBULARIA (noun)
The noun TRINGA NEBULARIA has 1 sense:
1. large European sandpiper with greenish legs
Familiarity information: TRINGA NEBULARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large European sandpiper with greenish legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
greenshank; Tringa nebularia
Hypernyms ("Tringa nebularia" 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 nebularia" is a member of...):
genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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