Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of sandpiper, Terekia cinerea.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A sandpiper (Terekia cinerea) of the Old World, breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africa and Australia. It frequents rivers.

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  • The area's mud flats are alive with waders, including the rare terek sandpiper.

    Hurriyet Dailynews 2010

  • Mud flats are alive with waders, including the rare terek sandpiper.

    Hurriyet Dailynews 2009

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