HyperDic: red-backed_sandpiper

English > 1 sense of the expression red-backed sandpiper:
NOUNanimalred-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpinasmall common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
English > red-backed sandpiper: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions.
Synonymsdunlin, Erolia alpina
Member ofErolia, genus EroliaA genus of Scolopacidae
BroadersandpiperAny of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call
Spanishcalidris alpina, Erolia alpina, playero
Catalanterrit variant

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