local name for the turnstone, n., and for the purple sandpiper, Tringa striata or maritima.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris maritima (purple sandpiper) (7) stone-pecker1731 local name for the turnstone, n., and for the purple sandpiper, Tringa striata or maritima. red-legged sandpiper1785 a redshank (Tringa totanus or T. erythropus). red-leg1798 In singular and plural. Any of various birds with red or orange legs; esp. the red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa. purple sandpiper1802 a small wading bird, Calidris maritima (family Scolopacidae), that breeds in Iceland, Greenland, and some other Arctic and subarctic regions and… rock snipe1835 the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima; cf. rock plover n., rock sandpiper n. rock sandpiper1842 (originally) †the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (obsolete); (in later use) the very similar C. ptilocnemis, of rocky shores on the coasts of… rock-bird1917 U.S. A shorebird that frequents rocky shorelines; esp. the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima. |
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