TEREKS

Noun

Tereks

plural of Terek

Anagrams

• Kester, Sterek, skeert, streek

Source: Wiktionary


TEREK

Ter"ek, n. [Because found on the Terek River in the Caucasus.]

Definition: A sandpiper (Terekia cinerea) of the Old World, breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africa and Australia. It frequents rivers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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