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greenshank|ˈgriːnʃæŋk| A large sandpiper, Totanus glottis; probably so called from its olive-coloured legs. Cf. redshank (T. calidris).
1766Pennant Zool. (1776) II. 375 Limosa, et glottis..Green Shank. 1863Spring Lapl. 351 Perhaps one of the commonest of our waders here was the greenshank. 1890C. Lumholtz Cannibals 56 At Thompson I found an old acquaintance from Europe, the greenshank. |