sandpiper
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsænd.paɪpə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
sandpiper (plural sandpipers)
- Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 27:
- Edmund had enjoyed a good gallop over the downs (setting up the sandpipers[.]
Derived terms
- Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
- Bartram's sandpiper, bartramian sandpiper, Bartramian sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- Bonaparte's sandpiper (Prosobonia spp.)
- broad-billed sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
- buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
- Christmas sandpiper (Prosobonia spp.)
- common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Cox's sandpiper (Actitis paramelanotos)
- curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Polynesian sandpiper (Prosobonia spp.)
- purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
- semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
- spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
- Tahiti sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera)
- Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Tuamotu sandpiper (Aechmorhynchus parvirostris)
- upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
- wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Translations
bird of the family Scolopacidae
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References
- sandpiper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Scolopacidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Scolopacidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons