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Definition of Terek
1. n. A sandpiper (Terekia cinerea) of the Old World, breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africa and Australia. It frequents rivers.
Definition of Terek
1. a sandpiper [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terek
Literary usage of Terek
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"Since the disappearance of the Ponto-Caspian Strait, the terek and Kuma find ...
The terek, rising in a cirque 8000 feet above the sea, at the northern foot ..."
2. International Law Applied to the Russo-Japanese War: With the Decisions of by Sakuyé Takahashi (1908)
"The terek at Batavia. Acting Secretary of State. In regard to the terek, which
survived the naval engagement on the Sea of Japan, and resorted to Batavia on ..."
3. International Law Applied to the Russo-Japanese War: With the Decisions of by Sakuyé Takshaahi (1908)
"The terek at Batavia. In regard to the terek, which survived the naval engagement
on the Sea of Japan, and resorted to Batavia on June 29, 1905, ..."
4. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1891)
"... Hut the bulk of the nation remained in the Upper terek basin, and their young
men were fain to accept service in the imperial armies. ..."
5. Cases and Opinions on International Law: And Various Points of English Law by Pitt Cobbett (1913)
"(iii) THE SUPPLY OF COAL AND PROVISIONS. THE CASE OF THE "terek. ... An.
application by the commander of the " terek" to the Dutch authorities for a supply ..."
6. The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903 by Gottfried Merzbacher (1905)
"The whole length of the terek valley amounts to about thirty-five miles (fifty
versts) ; at a short distance from its head it divides into two branches: the ..."
7. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The Great Caucasus forms a clearly-defined water- parting between the terek,
Kuma, Kalaus, and Kuban, flowing from its northern slopes towards the former ..."
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