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pectoral sandpiper

noun

  1. an American sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, the male of which, when courting, inflates its chest conspicuously.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pectoral sandpiper1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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Example Sentences

Of the Pectoral Sandpiper's nesting habits, little has been known until recently.

Occasionally she would take a short flight about me and utter a note very similar to the rattling call of the pectoral sandpiper.

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