Look up: sandpiper

1. sandpiper
   [n] - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call
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2. Sandpiper
   Sand'pi`per noun 1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa , Actodromas , Ereunetes , and various allied genera of the family Tringidæ . » The most imp...
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3. sandpiper
   1. <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae. ... The most important North American species are the pestoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also browback, grass sni...
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4. sandpiper
   noun any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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5. Sandpiper
   • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae. • (n.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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6. sandpiper
   any of numerous shorebirds belonging to the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes), which also includes the woodcocks and the snipes. The name ... [3 related articles]
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7. Sandpiper
   HMS Sandpiper was a British River Gunboat of 185 tons displacement launched in 1933. HMS Sandpiper was powered by an Admiralty 3-drum type boiler providing a top speed of 11.25 knots. She carried a complement of 40 and was armed with one 3.7 inch howitzer and nine smaller guns. In 1942 HMS Sandpiper...
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8. sandpiper
   sandpiper, common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew. Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all sorts of small invertebrates. Their p...
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9. Sandpiper
   Sandpiper is a popular name applied to a number of birds belonging to the family Charadriidae. The common sandpiper (Totanus hypoleucus), also known as the summer snipe, is about twenty centimeters long, and has olive-brown upper parts, a white chin, ash-coloured breast, and white under parts. The c...
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10. sandpiper
    Shorebird with a long, slender bill, which is compressed and grooved at the tip. They belong to the family Scolopacidae, which includes godwits, curlews, and snipes, order Charadriiformes
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11. Sandpiper
    The `sandpipers` are a large family, `Scolopacidae`, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of bills enable...
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