greyback

A noun with multiple meanings: a term used during the American Civil War for a Confederate soldier, referring to his grey uniform; also a type of bird, specifically a dowitcher with a grey back, or a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo com vários sentidos: termo usado durante a Guerra Civil Americana para designar um soldado confederado, em referência ao seu uniforme cinza; também uma ave, o fuselo ou maçarico-de-costas-cinzentas, que nidifica no Ártico e inverna no hemisfério sul.

1. Confederate soldier C1 informal american

   A nickname used by Union soldiers during the American Civil War for a Confederate soldier, referencing the grey color of their uniforms.

   • The greybacks marched through the muddy field.
   • He was a greyback fighting for the South.
   • The Union soldiers spotted a group of greybacks near the river.

   🇵🇹Soldado confederado

   Sinônimos: butternutreb

2. A type of dowitcher C2 formal scientific

   A bird of the dowitcher species, characterized by its grey back feathers.

   • The greyback is often seen in coastal wetlands.
   • Ornithologists studied the migration patterns of the greyback.
   • A greyback landed on the muddy shore.

   🇵🇹maçarico-de-costas-cinzentas

   Sinônimos: red-breasted snipe

3. Arctic sandpiper C2 formal scientific

   A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic region and migrates to the southern hemisphere for the winter.

   • The greyback sandpiper travels thousands of miles each year.
   • We spotted a greyback on the beach during its migration.
   • The greyback's breeding grounds are in the tundra.

   🇵🇹Maçarico-de-sobre-branco

   Sinônimos: graybackknot

• greybacks plural form
• greybacks' possessive plural form
• greyback's possessive singular form