totanine

totanine, a. Ornith.

(ˈtɒtənaɪn)

[f. mod.L. Totanīnæ f. Totan-us, name of a genus of birds, including the redshanks: see -ine¹.]

Of or pertaining to the Totaninæ, a subfamily of the Scolopacidæ; called by some the tattlers (tattler 3).