tringa

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Tringa
    n 1: a genus of Scolopacidae [syn: {Tringa}, {genus Tringa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tringa \Trin"ga\, n. [NL.] (Zool.)
   A genus of limicoline birds including many species of
   sandpipers. See {Dunlin}, {Knot}, and {Sandpiper}.
   [1913 Webster]