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sandpiper::noun | Spocien Dictionary

sandpiper
noun
/'sænd,paɪpər/
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Type Words
Type of shorebird, limicoline bird, shore bird
Has types bartramian sandpiper, calidris canutus, calidris ferruginea, calidris melanotos, crocethia alba, curlew sandpiper, dunlin, erolia alpina, erolia minutilla, european sandpiper, grayback, greenshank, greyback, jacksnipe, knot, least sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, philomachus pugnax, red-backed sandpiper, redshank, ruff, sanderling, yellowlegs, actitis macularia, bartramia longicauda, upland sandpiper, actitis hypoleucos, spotted sandpiper, stint, tattler, tringa nebularia, tringa totanus, upland plover

Examples of sandpiper

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It's hardly surprising the spoon-billed sandpiper is heading for extinction.
From the guardian.co.uk
Along the tideline all around the estuary you may spot a common sandpiper in summer.
From the independent.co.uk
King rail share the landscape with eastern meadowlark, bobolink and upland sandpiper.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I always said his writing was like delicate sandpiper prints on the beach.
From the time.com
In the autumn, this is a good place to spot snipe and green sandpiper.
From the independent.co.uk
The under the pier shot, the butterfly and the sandpiper are among a few.
From the ocregister.com
Spotted redshank and green sandpiper in breeding plumage started arriving at the end of June.
From the independent.co.uk
The visiting upland sandpiper was migrating to its wintering grounds in eastern South America.
From the sltrib.com
It was a spotted sandpiper, one of the most common shorebirds that migrate through the Piedmont.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
  • The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. ...
  • The Sandpiper is a 1965 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, directed by Vincente Minnelli.
  • (The Sandpipers) The Sandpipers were an American easy listening trio/quartet, who carved a niche in 1960s folk rock. ...
  • (The Sandpipers (album)) The Sandpipers was an LP album featuring the group of the same name, released by A&M Records in May 1967. The catalog numbers were LP 125 in monaural and SP 4125 in stereo. The album reached #53 on the Billboard charts.
  • Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae
  • The bushworker who prepares and applies sand to a hill on a hauling road to slow sleighs down.
  • The weekly newsletter of the club.
  • (1965) (MGM) ... Laura Reynolds
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