terek

noun

ter·​ek

ˈterə̇k

plural -s

: a sandpiper (Xenus cinerea) of the Old World breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to southern Africa and Australia and frequenting rivers

Word History

Etymology

from Terek, river of southeast Soviet Russia, Europe

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