sandpiper
nounUS /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/ · UK /ˈsænd.paɪpə/
Etymology From sand + piper.
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Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
- Edmund had enjoyed a good gallop over the downs (setting up the sandpipers[.]1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 27:
- Derived terms
31 terms
Baird's sandpiper, Bartram's sandpiper, bartramian sandpiper, Bartramian sandpiper, Bonaparte's sandpiper, broad-billed sandpiper, buff-breasted sandpiper, Christmas sandpiper, common sandpiper, Cox's sandpiper, curlew sandpiper, green sandpiper, least sandpiper, marsh sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, Polynesian sandpiper, purple sandpiper, rock sandpiper, semipalmated sandpiper, sharp-tailed sandpiper, solitary sandpiper, spoon-billed sandpiper, spotted sandpiper, stilt sandpiper, Tahiti sandpiper, Terek sandpiper, Tuamotu sandpiper, upland sandpiper, western sandpiper, white-rumped sandpiper, wood sandpiper