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grayback

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: grayback

1
 n
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
2
 n
a dowitcher with a grey back
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: grayback
1

n a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

Synonyms:
Calidris canutus, greyback, knot
Type of:
sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
2

n a dowitcher with a grey back

Synonyms:
Limnodromus griseus, greyback
Type of:
dowitcher
shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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