| 单词 | dunlin |
| 释义 | dunlin (once / 303060 pages) n WORD FAMILY dunlin: dunlins USAGE EXAMPLESA cloud of tiny dunlin, more compact than starlings, turned in the air with the noise of a train. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Some sandpiper groups sound like fancy Victorian musical instruments or board games: whimbrels and willets, dowitchers, dunlins, shanks, and tattlers. The Verge(Jun 26, 2016) He also faces two counts of kidnap and a charge of burglary relating to a neighbouring property in Dunlin Road, police said. BBC(Sep 16, 2015) n small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions Syn|Hyper Erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers |
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