单词 | greenshank |
释义 | greenshank (once / 1313257 pages) n WORD FAMILY greenshank USAGE EXAMPLESGREENSHANK, one of the largest of the birds commonly known as sandpipers, the Totanus glottis of most ornithological writers. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) An unusual colour and disproportionate length of leg are characters which sufficiently distinguish the Greenshank and account for its name. Johns, Rev. C. A., British Birds in their Haunts(2011) Greenshank can only be considered a rare occasional visitant. Smith, Cecil, Birds of Guernsey (1879)—And the N...(2010) n large European sandpiper with greenish legs Syn|Hyper Tringa nebularia sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers |
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