gambet

== English == === Etymology === From French gambette or Italian gambetta. === Noun === gambet (plural gambets) Any bird of the obsolete genus Totanus, now principally in genus Tringa; a tattler. ==== Hyponyms ==== (Totanus sp.): Tringa totanus (common redshank; syn. Totanus totanus), Tringa brevipes (grey-tailed tattler; syn. Totanus brevipes), Calidris tenuirostris (great knot; syn. Totanus tenuirostris), Nycticryphes semicollaris (South American painted snipe; syn. Totanus semi-collaris), Tringa erythropus (spotted redshanks; syns. Totanus erythropus, Totanus fuscus, Totanus maculatus, Totanus natans), Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper; syn. Totanus acuminatus), Tringa guttifer (spotted greenshank; syn. Totanus guttifer), Tringa stagnatilis (marsh sandpiper; syn. Totanus stagnatilis) - selected Totanus species (tattlers): grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes, syn. Heteroscelus brevipes, Totanus brevipes), wandering tattler (Tringa incana, syn. Heteroscelus incanus), greater tattler (Totanus melanoleucus), smaller tattler (Totanus flavipes), solitary tattler (Totanus solitarius), semipalmated tattler - selected tattlers === References === “gambet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. gambet at Index to Organism Names