sandpiper
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- noun
- /ˈsændˌpaɪpər/
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- Spotted sandpipers are the most widely distributed sandpipers in North America.
- spotted sandpipers
- female spotted sandpipers
- white-rumped sandpipers
Snow leopard, sandpiper, Hawaiian monk seal, the Chuckwalla lizard.
- Snow leopard, sandpiper, Hawaiian monk seal, the Chuckwalla lizard.
Examples
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While walking along the beach, I spotted a group of sandpipers scurrying along the waves.
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Not a soul on the beach unless she counted the terns and sandpipers.
Fiction book (1999) -
Fred loves to watch the sandpipers.
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I can only hope sandpipers survived on other beaches elsewhere in the world.
Fiction book (1990) -
I stood on the flats with the sandpipers and the gulls.
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Spotted sandpipers on a Minnesota lake reveal the secrets of their breeding success.
Academic text (1995) -
My observations indicated that female spotted sandpipers are in control of mating.
Academic text (1995) -
At the water's slapping, hissing, frothing edge, sandpipers scurry and halt, stab the foam for some morsel, and scurry on.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sandpipers were gracefully darting in and out of the tide as they searched for food.
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At the shoreline, a flock of sandpipers called to each other while foraging in the wet sand.
Compounds
A large bird like a plover that lives in North American fields and meadows
A very small bird that lives on coasts in North America with yellow green legs
A small wading bird with a red back that breeds in the Arctic and flies south in winter
- Specialized
A medium-sized wading bird with a striped chest that puffs out during courtship
A large bird with a long neck and yellow legs that lives in open fields and grasslands
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sandpiper comes from two simple words: sand and piper. It was named for living on sandy shores and for its high 'piping' call—like a small pipe—so the name helps you remember a shore bird with a thin beak and a clear, pipe-like sound.