Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.

    Wasserläufer, Strandläufer

    перево́зчикperevózčik

More definitions
  • any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Shorebirds and waders, such as sandpipers, plovers, avocets, herons and egrets, forage along wetlands and beaches of the sanctuary.

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  2. This sandpiper is solitary in habits and shows a preference for the alpine lakes of the Hudsonian Zone.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
bird of the family Scolopacidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bird of the family Scolopacidae:

Origin

From sand + piper.

From sand + piper.

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