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English noun: greyback | |||
| 1. | greyback (person) `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms | ||
| Synonyms | Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Confederate soldier | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 2. | greyback (animal) a dowitcher with a grey back | ||
| Synonyms | grayback, Limnodromus griseus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dowitcher | ||
| 3. | greyback (animal) a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere | ||
| Synonyms | Calidris canutus, grayback, knot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sandpiper | ||
| Member meronym | Calidris, genus Calidris | ||
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