least sandpiper

least sandpiper
noun
smallest American sandpiper
Syn: ↑stint, ↑Erolia minutilla
Hypernyms: ↑sandpiper
Member Holonyms: ↑Erolia, ↑genus Erolia

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noun
: the smallest American sandpiper (Erolia minutilla) — compare stint

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a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
[1855-60, Amer.]

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least sandpiper,
a small brownish sandpiper of eastern North America.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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