| NOUN | person | greyback, Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny | 'Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War |
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| animal | greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus | a dowitcher with a grey back | |
| animal | greyback, knot, grayback, Calidris canutus | a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere |
| Meaning | 'Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; 'greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms. | |
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| Synonyms | Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny | |
| Broader | Confederate soldier | A soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | johnny | |
| Catalan | johnny, Johnny | |
| Meaning | A dowitcher with a grey back. | |
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| Synonyms | grayback, 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, grayback, 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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