any of certain small sandpipers, especially the dunlin (q.v.). In Africa the buffalo weaver (q.v.) and the oxpecker are called oxbirds. Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/43
Ox'bird` noun (Zoology) (a) The dunlin. (b) The sanderling. (c) An African weaver bird ( Textor alector ). Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/61