sandpiper

A noun referring to any of numerous small wading birds with a slender bill and a piping call, closely related to plovers.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa a cualquiera de las diversas aves limícolas pequeñas, de pico fino y largo, que se alimentan en las costas y humedales; parientes cercanos de los chorlitos. Incluye varias especies de correlimos, playeros y andarríos.

1. Small wading bird B2 formal

   Any of numerous small to medium-sized shorebirds with a slender bill, long legs, and a distinctive piping call, typically found along coastlines and mudflats.

   • A sandpiper was pecking at the wet sand near the waves.
   • We spotted several sandpipers running along the shoreline.
   • The birdwatcher identified the bird as a sandpiper by its call.

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• sandpipers plural form
• sandpipers' possessive plural form
• sandpiper's possessive singular form