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.

Derived terms

• common greenshank

Translations

wading bird

• Bulgarian: зеленокрак водобегач (zelenokrak vodobegač)
• Dhivehi: ޗޮން ޗޮން އިލޮޅި (con̊ con̊ iloḷi)
• Finnish: viklo (fi)
• German: Grünschenkel m, Heller Wasserläufer m (dated)
• Komi-Zyrian: тёвтя (ťovťa)
• Russian: улит большо́й m (ulit bolʹšój) (ulít bol'šoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch-bhiugh f
• Udmurt: исы (isy)

See also

• redshank