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
Sometimes Kapugen would whistle sandpiper songs and the birds would dip down to see which of their members had gotten lost in the grass.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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