Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of birds of the family Scolopacidæ, including some of the best-known sandpipers, tattlers, telltales, gambets, or horsemen, as the redshank, green-shank, yellowshank, and wood-sandpiper.
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Examples
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There are also ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, knot Calidris canutus, redshankTringa totanus and bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica among many other species.
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The most abundant are dunlin (Calidris alpina), bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) and redshank (Tringa totanus) all with populations of over 100,000 birds.
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