"sandhill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sandhills [plural]
Etymology: sand + hill Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sand|hill}} sand + hill Head templates: {{en-noun}} sandhill (plural sandhills)
  1. A dune.
    Sense id: en-sandhill-en-noun-rB5JdT3i
  2. A sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis). Categories (place): Landforms Categories (lifeform): Cranes (birds)
    Sense id: en-sandhill-en-noun-IpDMV6vD Disambiguation of Landforms: 29 71 Disambiguation of Cranes (birds): 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sandhill meaning in English (1.8kB)

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