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greenshanks

greenshanks is the plural of greenshank.

Meaning of greenshank

Noun

greenshank (plural greenshanks)

  1. A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.

Phrases with greenshanks

Questions about greenshanks

What is greenshanks the plural of?
Greenshanks is the plural of greenshank.

Words near greenshanks in the dictionary

  1. greenscreen
  2. greenscreened
  3. greenscreening
  4. greenscreens
  5. greenshank
  6. greenshanks
  7. Greenshields
  8. greenship
  9. greenshirt
  10. greenshirts
  11. greenshoe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenshanks (page history and authors); greenshank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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