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terek
noun
ter·ek
\ˈterə̇k\
Definition of terek
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: a sandpiper (Xenus cinerea) of the Old World breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to southern Africa and Australia and frequenting rivers
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Origin and Etymology of terek
from Terek, river of southeast Soviet Russia, Europe
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