sandpiper

• Nom désignant diverses petites limicoles ou échassiers de rivage au bec fin, apparentés aux pluviers et courlis, qui courent sur les plages et les vasières en quête d’invertébrés.

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

1. Small wading birdB2formal

   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.

   Bécasseau

   • 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.