sandpiper
Americannoun
noun
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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
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any other bird of the family Scolopacidae, which includes snipes and woodcocks
Etymology
Origin of sandpiper
Example Sentences
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Four UK shorebirds - the grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
The state’s shores offer temperate-weather hiking with views of dramatic cliffs, crashing waves, pelagic birds such as the blue-footed booby and several species of sandpiper, and native wildflowers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
Not any droppings would do; it had to be fresh excrement, ideally from ruddy turnstones and red knots, another sandpiper species.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023
Jolie is the 14,000th addition to the ark; the 13,000th milestone species, announced in July 2022, was the spoon-billed sandpiper.
From National Geographic • May 19, 2023
Some day the Dean would probably live entirely encased in a house of glass and be happy as a sandpiper.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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