sandpiper (n)

n02026059

type n
lex_filenum 05
def any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call
def closely related to the plovers
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Hypernym shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
Member holonym Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae
Hyponym European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos; spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia; least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla; red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina; greenshank, Tringa nebularia; redshank, Tringa totanus; yellowlegs; pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos; knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus; curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea; sanderling, Crocethia alba; upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda; ruff, Philomachus pugnax; tattler
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Hyponym shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
Member meronym Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae
Hypernym European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos; spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia; least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla; red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina; greenshank, Tringa nebularia; redshank, Tringa totanus; yellowlegs; pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos; knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus; curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea; sanderling, Crocethia alba; upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda; ruff, Philomachus pugnax; tattler

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