sandpiper

[ sand-pahy-per ]

/ ˈsændˌpaɪ pɛr /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR sandpiper ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.

Words nearby sandpiper

sandlotter, sandman, sandor, sandpaper, sandpapery, sandpiper, sandpit, sandra, sandringham, sandro, sandrocottus

Origin of sandpiper

First recorded in 1665–75; sand + piper

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for sandpiper

Just at this moment a bird flew over us, which Johansen, who is standing just outside the tent, took to be a kind of sandpiper.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen
Otherwise very similar to the Least Sandpiper, but with the breast and sides of neck ruddy in summer.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed
It was in the late afternoon of the 28th of April, 1883, that I first witnessed this singing performance of the sandpiper.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)|Arthur Cleveland Bent
The stilt (Himantopus candidus) may be described as a sandpiper on red stilts.
Glimpses of Indian Birds|Douglas Dewar

Its colouration is very different, and quite that of a Sandpiper, while the pattern of Prosobonia is most singular.
Extinct Birds|Walter Rothschild

British Dictionary definitions for sandpiper

sandpiper

/ (ˈsændˌpaɪpə) /

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sandpiper

noun

Words related to sandpiper

Words nearby sandpiper

Origin of sandpiper

Examples from the Web for sandpiper

British Dictionary definitions for sandpiper

noun