sandpiper
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsænd.paɪpə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
Noun
sandpiper (plural sandpipers)
- Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 27:
- Edmund had enjoyed a good gallop over the downs, setting up the sandpipers[.]
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Derived terms
- Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
- broad-billed sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus
- buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis
- common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Cox's sandpiper, Actitis paramelanotos
- curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
- green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
- least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
- marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
- pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
- rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
- semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
- sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
- solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
- spoon-billed sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
- spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
- stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
- Tahiti sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera
- Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
- Tuamotu sandpiper, Aechmorhynchus parvirostris
- upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
- western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
- white-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
- wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
Translations
bird of the family Scolopacidae
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