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1. (n.) sandpiper
any of various plump, thin-billed shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae, of cosmopolitan distribution, typically with brown, gray, or white plumage.
Etymology: (1665–75)
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1. (noun) sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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1. (noun) sandpiper
any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae
2. (noun) sandpiper
a small lamprey eel; the pride
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