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Noun sandpiper has 1 sense
- sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
--1 is a kind of shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
--1 is a member of Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae
--1 has particulars: | | European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos; spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia; least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla; red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina; greenshank, Tringa nebularia; redshank, Tringa totanus; yellowlegs; pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos; knot, grayback, Calidris canutus; curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea; sanderling, Crocethia alba; upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda; ruff, Philomachus pugnax; tattler |
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