(definition) by Webster 1913 Thu Jan 19 2006 at 6:38:52

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

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.

 

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