Ornith. rare. [ad. mod.L. tringa (Linn.), generic name, formed app. after Gr. τρύγγας, name of some bird.] Any species of bird of the genus Tringa (which name is more frequent in use), commonly called Sandpipers. So Tringine a., of or pertaining to the genus Tringa; Tringoid a., resembling the genus Tringa.
[1674. Ray, Words, Water Fowl, 90. Tringa major.]
1752. J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 476. The red-legged Tringa.
1757. [see coot-footed s.v. COOT sb.1 5].
1757. Phil. Trans., L. 255. This bird is like in shape to most others of the tringa or snipe kind.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 212. Red coot footed Tring, Tringa Rufa. Spotted Tring, Tringa maculata. Little Trings of the sea shore. Sand Birds.
1816. J. Bigelow, in N. Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg., V. 338. A species of plover or of tringa.
