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Finnish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Related to Estonian vigle, Karelian vikli and Ludian vigli.
Pronunciation
Noun
viklo
- Any small wading bird of the genus Tringa; the individual species within the genus are commonly called sandpipers, redshanks, greenshanks, yellowlegs, tattlers and willets in English.
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Derived terms
- amerikanmetsäviklo (“Tringa solitaria, solitary sandpiper”)
- amerikanviklo (“Tringa melanoleuca, greater yellowlegs”)
- keltajalkaviklo (“Tringa flavipes, lesser yellowlegs”)
- lampiviklo (“Tringa stagnatilis, marsh sandpiper”)
- metsäviklo (“Tringa ochropus, green sandpiper”)
- mustaviklo (“Tringa erythropus, spotted redshank”)
- punajalkaviklo (“Tringa totanus, common redshank”)
- täpläviklo (“Tringa guttifer, Nordmann’s greenshank”)
- valkoviklo (“Tringa nebularia, common greenshank”)
- taigaviklo (“Tringa brevipes, grey-tailed tattler”)
- harmaaviklo (“Tringa incana, wandering tattler”)
- preeriaviklo (“Tringa semipalmata, willet”)
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