sandpiper

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sandpiper

Etymology

From sand +‎ piper.

a pectoral sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos)

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 wading birds 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

Translations

bird of the family Scolopacidae

Albanian: qyrylyk m
Catalan: territ m
Chechen: цӏога лесто хин олхазар (cʼoga lesto xin olxazar)
Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏮ (agowv)
Czech: pisík m anim
Dutch: strandloper (nl) m
Faroese: grælingur m
Finnish: sirri (fi), sirriäinen, vikla, viklo (fi), rantasipi (fi), liro (fi), rantakurvi (fi)
French: chevalier (fr) m
German: Wasserläufer (de) m, Strandläufer m
Irish: gobadán m
Italian: piovanello (it) m, piro-piro m, gambecchio (it) m
Japanese: しぎ (ja) (shigi)
Latvian: terekija f
Lithuanian: terekija f
Manx: looyran m
Mi'kmaq: jijigwatej
Polish: bekas (pl) m
Portuguese: maçarico (pt) m
Romanian: fugaci (ro) m
Russian: перево́зчик (ru) m (perevózčik)
Scottish Gaelic: luatharan m, bog an lòin m, dorra-tràigh m, ladhran-tràgha m, cìobair-tràighe m, bodhag f, ladhran m, sgràilleag f, cama-lùbach f, gobada-lìridh m, ladhran-tràghaid m, fìdhlear bòrd an locha m
Spanish: playero (es) m, correlimos m
Welsh: pibydd y traeth m, pibydd y dorlan m, gïach yr haf f, sneipen yr haf f

References

sandpiper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scolopacidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Scolopacidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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