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SANDPIPER

\sˈandpɪpə], \sˈandpɪpə], \s_ˈa_n_d_p_ɪ_p_ə]\

Definitions of SANDPIPER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A kind of small shore bird with long legs and bill.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A wadding-bird of the snipe family, which frequents sandy river-banks, distinguished by its clear piping note.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A wading-bird.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A wading-bird.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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