stint

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A very small shore bird like a sandpiper

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Small warblers and flycatchers flitted from thicket to tall tree, while tiny stints, redstarts, and shrikes darted from branch to branch.

Examples

Such a stint would serve as a violent, purgative enema, ridding him of his constipated cryptoracism.

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The rufous-necked stint ran quickly along the shoreline, searching for small invertebrates.
He made as much as $350 in any one stealing/selling stint.

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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): A rufous-necked stint feeds along the lagoon edge (near Yala Lodge).

Academic text (2006)
While birdwatching at the marsh, we spotted several migrating stints feeding in the shallow water.
In the early spring, tiny stints can often be seen flying across the coastal wetlands.

vsstint

9.6

A very small bird that lives on coasts in North America with yellow green legs

is a general term for a very small sandpiper including that smallest species

vsstint

9.9

A very small North American shorebird that is the smallest sandpiper

is the common or general term for the same species rather than scientific name

stint singular

stints plural

Stint for the small sandpiper probably comes from an old word meaning 'short' or 'small', so the name points to the bird's very tiny size.