Phrase guide

common greenshank

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small wader, Tringa nebularia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qyrylyk i madh — Tringa nebularia
  • Albanian: këmbëqirithë e madhe — Tringa nebularia
  • Catalan: gamba verda — Tringa nebularia
  • Catalan: picarot — Tringa nebularia
  • Czech: vodouš šedý — Tringa nebularia
  • Danish: hvidklire — Tringa nebularia
  • Dutch: groenpootruiter — Tringa nebularia
  • Esperanto: griza tringo — Tringa nebularia
  • Finnish: valkoviklo — Tringa nebularia
  • French: chevalier aboyeur — Tringa nebularia
  • Georgian: დიდი ჭოვილო (didi č̣ovilo) — Tringa nebularia
  • Georgian: მწვანეფეხა მენაპირე (mc̣vanepexa menaṗire) — Tringa nebularia
  • German: Grünschenkel — Tringa nebularia
  • Greek: πρασινοσκέλης (prasinoskélis) — Tringa nebularia
  • Icelandic: lyngstelkur — Tringa nebularia
  • Italian: pantana — Tringa nebularia
  • Japanese: アオアシシギ (aoashishigi) — Tringa nebularia
  • Komi-Zyrian: тёвтя (ťovťa) — Tringa nebularia
  • Norwegian: gluttsnipe — Tringa nebularia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gluttsnipe — Tringa nebularia
  • Persian: آبچلیک پاسبز — Tringa nebularia
  • Polish: kwokacz — Tringa nebularia
  • Portuguese: perna-verde-comum — Tringa nebularia
  • Romanian: fluierar cu picioare verzi — Tringa nebularia
  • Russian: большой улит (bolʹšoj ulit) — Tringa nebularia
  • Slovak: kalužiak sivý — Tringa nebularia
  • Spanish: archibebe claro — Tringa nebularia
  • Swedish: gluttsnäppa — Tringa nebularia
  • Ukrainian: коловодник великий (kolovodnyk velykyj) — Tringa nebularia