| NOUN | animal | grayback, greyback, Limnodromus griseus | a dowitcher with a grey back |
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| animal | grayback, knot, greyback, Calidris canutus | a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere |
| Meaning | A dowitcher with a grey back. | |
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| Synonyms | greyback, Limnodromus griseus | |
| Broader | dowitcher | shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |
| Meaning | A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere. | |
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| Synonyms | knot, greyback, Calidris canutus | |
| Member of | Calidris, genus Calidris | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Broader | sandpiper | Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call |
| Spanish | Calidris Canutus, correlimos gordo | |
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