"sandpiper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsænd.paɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sandpiper.wav Forms: sandpipers [plural]
Etymology: From sand + piper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sand|piper}} sand + piper, {{taxfmt|Calidris melanotos|species}} Calidris melanotos Head templates: {{en-noun}} sandpiper (plural sandpipers)
  1. Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae. Wikipedia link: sandpiper Categories (lifeform): Scolopacids Translations (bird of the family Scolopacidae): qyrylyk [masculine] (Albanian), territ [masculine] (Catalan), цӏога лесто хин олхазар (cʼoga lesto xin olxazar) (Chechen), ᎠᎪᏮ (agowv) (Cherokee), pisík [animate, masculine] (Czech), strandloper [masculine] (Dutch), grælingur [masculine] (Faroese), sirri (Finnish), sirriäinen (Finnish), vikla (Finnish), viklo (Finnish), rantasipi (Finnish), liro (Finnish), rantakurvi (Finnish), chevalier [masculine] (French), Wasserläufer [masculine] (German), Strandläufer [masculine] (German), gobadán [masculine] (Irish), piovanello [masculine] (Italian), piro-piro [masculine] (Italian), gambecchio [masculine] (Italian), しぎ (shigi) (Japanese), terekija [feminine] (Latvian), terekija [feminine] (Lithuanian), looyran [masculine] (Manx), jijigwatej (Mi'kmaq), bekas [masculine] (Polish), maçarico [masculine] (Portuguese), fugaci [masculine] (Romanian), перево́зчик (perevózčik) [masculine] (Russian), luatharan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bog an lòin [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dorra-tràigh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ladhran-tràgha [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cìobair-tràighe [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bodhag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ladhran [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sgràilleag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), cama-lùbach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), gobada-lìridh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ladhran-tràghaid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fìdhlear bòrd an locha [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), playero [masculine] (Spanish), correlimos [masculine] (Spanish), pibydd y traeth [masculine] (Welsh), pibydd y dorlan [masculine] (Welsh), gïach yr haf [feminine] (Welsh), sneipen yr haf [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sandpiper-en-noun-~0n~Vqof Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Chechen translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Mi'kmaq translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Derived forms: Baird's sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris bairdii), Bartram's sandpiper, bartramian sandpiper, Bartramian sandpiper (taxonomic: Bartramia longicauda), Bonaparte's sandpiper (taxonomic: Prosobonia spp.), broad-billed sandpiper (alt: Limicola falcinellus), buff-breasted sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris subruficollis), Christmas sandpiper (taxonomic: Prosobonia spp.), common sandpiper (taxonomic: Actitis hypoleucos), Cox's sandpiper (taxonomic: Actitis paramelanotos), curlew sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris ferruginea), green sandpiper (taxonomic: Tringa ochropus), least sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris minutilla), marsh sandpiper (taxonomic: Tringa stagnatilis), pectoral sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris melanotos), Polynesian sandpiper (taxonomic: Prosobonia spp.), purple sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris maritima), rock sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris ptilocnemis), semipalmated sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris pusilla), sharp-tailed sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris acuminata), solitary sandpiper (taxonomic: Tringa solitaria), spoon-billed sandpiper (alt: Eurynorhynchus pygmeus), spotted sandpiper (taxonomic: Actitis macularius), stilt sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris himantopus), Tahiti sandpiper (taxonomic: Prosobonia leucoptera), Terek sandpiper (taxonomic: Xenus cinereus), Tuamotu sandpiper (alt: Aechmorhynchus parvirostris), upland sandpiper (taxonomic: Bartramia longicauda), western sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris mauri), white-rumped sandpiper (taxonomic: Calidris fuscicollis), wood sandpiper (taxonomic: Tringa glareola)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gïach yr haf"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sneipen yr haf"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "sandpiper"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsænd.paɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "sandpiper"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris bairdii",
      "word": "Baird's sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bartram's sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "word": "bartramian sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bartramia longicauda",
      "word": "Bartramian sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Prosobonia spp.",
      "word": "Bonaparte's sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Limicola falcinellus",
      "word": "broad-billed sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris subruficollis",
      "word": "buff-breasted sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Prosobonia spp.",
      "word": "Christmas sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Actitis hypoleucos",
      "word": "common sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Actitis paramelanotos",
      "word": "Cox's sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris ferruginea",
      "word": "curlew sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tringa ochropus",
      "word": "green sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris minutilla",
      "word": "least sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tringa stagnatilis",
      "word": "marsh sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris melanotos",
      "word": "pectoral sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Prosobonia spp.",
      "word": "Polynesian sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris maritima",
      "word": "purple sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris ptilocnemis",
      "word": "rock sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris pusilla",
      "word": "semipalmated sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris acuminata",
      "word": "sharp-tailed sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tringa solitaria",
      "word": "solitary sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Eurynorhynchus pygmeus",
      "word": "spoon-billed sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Actitis macularius",
      "word": "spotted sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris himantopus",
      "word": "stilt sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Prosobonia leucoptera",
      "word": "Tahiti sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Xenus cinereus",
      "word": "Terek sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Aechmorhynchus parvirostris",
      "word": "Tuamotu sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bartramia longicauda",
      "word": "upland sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris mauri",
      "word": "western sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Calidris fuscicollis",
      "word": "white-rumped sandpiper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tringa glareola",
      "word": "wood sandpiper"
    }
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        "3": "piper"
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      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "species"
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      "expansion": "Calidris melanotos",
      "name": "taxfmt"
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  "etymology_text": "From sand + piper.",
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      "form": "sandpipers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Albanian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Chechen translations",
        "Terms with Cherokee translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Mi'kmaq translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Scolopacids"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 27:",
          "text": "Edmund had enjoyed a good gallop over the downs (setting up the sandpipers[.]",
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        "Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae."
      ],
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        [
          "wading bird",
          "wading bird"
        ],
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          "Scolopacidae",
          "Scolopacidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "sandpiper"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsænd.paɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qyrylyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "territ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "cʼoga lesto xin olxazar",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "цӏога лесто хин олхазар"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "agowv",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "ᎠᎪᏮ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisík"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strandloper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grælingur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "sirri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "sirriäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "vikla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "viklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "rantasipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "liro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "rantakurvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chevalier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserläufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Strandläufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gobadán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piovanello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piro-piro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gambecchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shigi",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "しぎ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terekija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terekija"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "looyran"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "word": "jijigwatej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bekas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maçarico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fugaci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perevózčik",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перево́зчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luatharan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bog an lòin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dorra-tràigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ladhran-tràgha"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cìobair-tràighe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodhag"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ladhran"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgràilleag"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cama-lùbach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gobada-lìridh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ladhran-tràghaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fìdhlear bòrd an locha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "playero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correlimos"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pibydd y traeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pibydd y dorlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gïach yr haf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bird of the family Scolopacidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sneipen yr haf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sandpiper"
}

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