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Definition of Tringa
1. Noun. A genus of Scolopacidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Greenshank, Tringa Nebularia, Redshank, Tringa Totanus, Yellowlegs
Definition of Tringa
1. n. A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.
Medical Definition of Tringa
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tringa
Literary usage of Tringa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"tringa calidris, arenaria ua" The tringa calidris here mentioned should by ...
The type of Calidris Anonymous being thus settled as tringa calidris, ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"In the above list I have omitted the tringa striata of LATHAM and GMELIN, quoted
by MONTAGU ... I have also rejected the Black Sandpiper of PENNANT (tringa ..."
3. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations by Lucien McShan Turner (1886)
"Genus tringa Linnaeus. 234. tringa CANUTUS Linn. Knot. 235. tringa MARÍTIMA Brunn.
... 242. tringa MINUTILLA Vieill. Leart Sandpiper. 242.1. tringa ..."