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Noun.

[NL.]

(Zool.)

A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See

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See also: tringa

Tringa f

(genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clade; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Charadrii - suborder; Scolopacidae - family

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

See also: Tringa

tringa ‎(plural tringas)

(zoology) Any of the genus Tringa of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers.