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greenshank
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green·shank  (grnshngk)
n.
A European wading bird (Tringa nebularia) having greenish legs and a long bill.
greenshank [ˈgriːnˌʃæŋk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large European sandpiper, Tringa nebularia, with greenish legs and a slightly upturned bill
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Noun1.greenshank - large European sandpiper with greenish legsgreenshank - large European sandpiper with greenish legs
Tringa nebularia
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
genus Tringa, Tringa - a genus of Scolopacidae
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A superb 15 greenshanks were at NWWT Spinnies, with others at RSPB Conwy, where up to three kingfishers have shown well this week, often preceded by their trademark short whistles.
bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The only sounds would have been the cries of the many birds - teal, greenshanks, whimbrels and widgeon - that lived on the river.
What does future hold for town? by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Onshore, there was plenty for wader watchers to enjoy: several knots and whimbrels each for the Clwyd estuary and RSPB Conwy, with sanderling, green sandpiper, goosander and greenshanks at the latter, and a honeybuzzard reported there.
WHILE last week's winds[...] by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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