Definitions of greyback
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a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
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synonyms:
Calidris canutus, grayback, knot
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type of:
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sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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sandpiper
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a dowitcher with a grey back
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synonyms:
Limnodromus griseus, grayback
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dowitcher
shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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dowitcher
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`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
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synonyms:
Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel
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Confederate soldier
a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
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Confederate soldier
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