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tring Ornith. rare|trɪŋ|
[ad. mod.L. tringa (Linn.), generic name, formed app. after Gr. τρύγγας, name of some bird.]
Any species of bird of the genus Tringa (which name is more frequent in use), commonly called Sandpipers. So ˈtringine a., of or pertaining to the genus Tringa; ˈtringoid a., resembling the genus Tringa.
[1674Ray Words, Water Fowl 90 Tringa major.] 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 476 The red-legged Tringa. 1757[see coot-footed s.v. coot n.1 5]. 1757Phil. Trans. L. 255 This bird is like in shape to most others of the tringa or snipe kind. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 212 Red coot footed Tring, Tringa Rufa. Spotted Tring, Tringa maculata. Little Trings of the sea shore. Sand Birds. 1816J. Bigelow in N. Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. V. 338 A species of plover or of tringa. |