Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Tringa · Trin·ga · IPA 01 n. A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper. 1. A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.(Zool.) See: Dunlin, Knot, Sandpiper