sandpiper
any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
Origin of sandpiper
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How to use sandpiper in a sentence
The banks were frequented by gulls and sandpipers, of which many were shot.
Sandpipers went scudding along down by the water, and the mountain holly began putting on a new dress.
Maid Sally | Harriet A. CheeverLast night we had dotterel and sandpipers for dinner, this morning greenshanks, which are very good birds indeed.
Three in Norway | James Arthur LeesWith the duck come demoiselle cranes, curlews, storks, and sandpipers of various species.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThe little birds found along the streams, like squabs and sandpipers, are fat and give the chowder a fine flavor.
Suppers | Paul Pierce
British Dictionary definitions for sandpiper
/ (ˈsændˌpaɪpə) /
any of numerous N hemisphere shore birds of the genera Tringa, Calidris, etc, typically having a long slender bill and legs and cryptic plumage: family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes
any other bird of the family Scolopacidae, which includes snipes and woodcocks
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