spotted sandpiper
a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, that has brownish-gray upper parts and white underparts, and is spotted with black in the summer.
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How to use spotted sandpiper in a sentence
Another dainty person who haunts these same shallows is the spotted sandpiper, the much loved "teeter-tail."
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road | Katharine Lee BatesTo his ear the song notes resembled somewhat those of the spotted sandpiper.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentThe spotted sandpiper will run along the stones before you, crying, "wet-feet, wet-feet!"
Little Rivers | Henry van DykeThe spotted sandpiper is another of the little fellows who sometimes nests back in those meadows.
Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott CouesJack was amused at a little spotted sandpiper that had been flying up the stream when the hawk darted for the ducks.
Jack in the Rockies | George Bird Grinnell
British Dictionary definitions for spotted sandpiper
a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, having a spotted breast in its breeding plumage: Also called (US): peetweet
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