English > sandpiper: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers. |
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| Member of | Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae | sandpiper family |
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| Narrower | European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos | A variety of sandpiper |
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| curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea | Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew |
| greenshank, Tringa nebularia | large European sandpiper with greenish legs |
| knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus | A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere |
| least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla | smallest American sandpiper |
| pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos | American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting |
| red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina | small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
| redshank, Tringa totanus | A common Old World wading bird with long red legs |
| ruff, Philomachus pugnax | Common Eurasian sandpiper |
| sanderling, Crocethia alba | small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world |
| spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia | Common North American sandpiper |
| tattler | Any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry |
| upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda | large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands |
| yellowlegs | Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs |
| Broader | shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird | Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
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| Spanish | escolopácido, playero |
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| Catalan | territ |
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