greenshank

English

Etymology

green +‎ shank

Noun

A Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

greenshank (plural greenshanks)

1. A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.

Translations

wading bird

• Bulgarian: зеленокрак водобегач (zelenokrak vodobegač)
• Dhivehi: ޗޮން ޗޮން އިލޮޅި‎ (con̊ con̊ iloḷi)
• Finnish: viklo

• German: Grünschenkel m, Heller Wasserläufer m (dated)
• Russian: улит большо́й m (ulit bolʹšój) (ulít bol'šoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch-bhiugh f

See also

• redshank