red-backed sandpiper

red-backed sandpiper
noun
small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
• Syn: ↑dunlin, ↑Erolia alpina
• Hypernyms: ↑sandpiper
• Member Holonyms: ↑Erolia, ↑genus Erolia

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noun
: a widely distributed rather small sandpiper (Erolia alpina) that is typically cinnamon to rusty brown above, often variously streaked or marked with black (as on the abdomen), and largely white below, has a long and downcurved bill, breeds in northern or artic regions, and winters chiefly in the southern United States and around the Mediterranean — called also dunlin

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red-backed sandpiper,
= dunlin. (Cf. ↑dunlin)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • black-bellied sandpiper — noun : red backed sandpiper …   Useful english dictionary

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  • dunlin — /dun lin/, n. a common sandpiper, Calidris alpina, that breeds in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. [1525 35; var. of dunling. See DUN2, LING1] * * * ▪ bird also called  red backed sandpiper         one of the most common and… …   Universalium

  • Erolia alpina — noun small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions • Syn: ↑red backed sandpiper, ↑dunlin • Hypernyms: ↑sandpiper • Member Holonyms: ↑Erolia, ↑genus Erolia …   Useful english dictionary

  • churr — Dunlin Dun lin, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[ o]l.) A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); called also {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red backed sandpiper}. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dorbie — Dunlin Dun lin, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[ o]l.) A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); called also {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red backed sandpiper}. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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