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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sand•pi•per /ˈsændˌpaɪpɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa plump, thin-billed bird that lives near seashores.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sand•pi•per (sand′pī′per),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sandpiper /ˈsændˌpaɪpə/ n - any of numerous N hemisphere shore birds of the genera Tringa, Calidris, etc, typically having a long slender bill and legs and cryptic plumage: family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes
- any other bird of the family Scolopacidae, which includes snipes and woodcocks
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