HyperDic: calidris_canutus

English > 1 sense of the expression Calidris canutus:
NOUNanimalCalidris canutus, knot, greyback, graybacka sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
English > Calidris canutus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
Synonymsknot, greyback, grayback
Member ofCalidris, genus CalidrisA genus of Scolopacidae
BroadersandpiperAny of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call
SpanishCalidris Canutus, correlimos gordo

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