GREENSHANK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large European sandpiper with greenish legs

Synonyms:

greenshank; Tringa nebularia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("greenshank" 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 ("greenshank" is a member of...):

genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)

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