greenshank

English

Etymology

From 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.

Derived terms

• common greenshank

Translations

Tringa nebularia

• Bulgarian: зеленокрак водобегач (zelenokrak vodobegač)
• Danish: hvidklire (da) c
• Dhivehi: ޗޮން ޗޮން އިލޮޅި (con̊ con̊ iloḷi)
• Finnish: valkoviklo (fi)
• German: Grünschenkel m, Heller Wasserläufer m (dated)
• Komi:

  Komi-Zyrian: тёвтя (ťovťa)

• Russian: улит большо́й m (ulit bolʹšój) (ulít bol'šoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch-bhiugh f
• Swedish: gluttsnäppa (sv)
• Udmurt: исы (isy)

See also

• redshank