‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. tringle. ] A curtain rod for a bedstead. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Tringa + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family. [ 1913 Webster ]