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nounany of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the ploverstype of:
Synonyms & Similar Words
knot ruff stint tattler shorebird limicoline bird shore bird bartramian sandpiper calidris canutus calidris ferruginea calidris melanotos crocethia alba curlew sandpiper dunlin erolia alpina erolia minutilla european sandpiper grayback greenshank greyback jacksnipe least sandpiper pectoral sandpiper philomachus pugnax red-backed sandpiper redshank sanderling yellowlegs actitis macularia bartramia longicauda upland sandpiper actitis hypoleucos spotted sandpiper tringa nebularia tringa totanus upland plover