greenshank in English
noun
1
a large sandpiper with long, greenish legs and gray plumage, breeding in northern Eurasia and North America.
Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank , whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
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1. Similar to Common Greenshank, with a Burlier, more bull-headed appearance, shorter legs, and thicker bill