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English noun: sandpiper

1. sandpiper (animal) any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers


Broader (hypernym)limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird


Narrower (hyponym)Actitis hypoleucos, Actitis macularia, Bartramia longicauda, 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, spotted sandpiper, stint, tattler, Tringa nebularia, Tringa totanus, upland plover, upland sandpiper, yellowlegs


Member meronymfamily Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae









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