red-backed sandpiper

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red-backed sandpiper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
     (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zool.)
     A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also
     churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper.
     It is found both in Europe and America.
     [1913 Webster]

red-backed sandpiper - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  red-backed sandpiper
      n 1: small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic
           regions and winters in southern United States or
           Mediterranean regions [syn: red-backed sandpiper,
           dunlin, Erolia alpina]