sandpiper

From sand +‎ piper.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsænd.paɪpə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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sandpiper (plural sandpipers)

1. Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 27:

     Edmund had enjoyed a good gallop over the downs (setting up the sandpipers[.]

•   sandpiper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Scolopacidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Category:Scolopacidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons