genus tringa

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Scolopacidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	greenshank, tringa nebularia,
definition	:	large European sandpiper with greenish legs (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	redshank, tringa totanus,
definition	:	a common Old World wading bird with long red legs (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	yellowlegs,
definition	:	either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family scolopacidae, scolopacidae,
definition	:	sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers (noun.animal)