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sandpiper
noun
sand·pip·er
ˈsan(d)-ˌpī-pər 
: any of various small shorebirds (family Scolopacidae, the sandpiper family) distinguished from the related plovers chiefly by the longer and soft-tipped bill
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This has had a detrimental effect on wild bird populations, some of which — including the western sandpiper — are now imperiled.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Shorebirds began their journeys early and travel fast, many of them after a short breeding season in the far, far north, so birds like sandpipers, yellowlegs, willets, godwits and curlews are already present in abundant numbers.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Examples of birds with this wing type are ducks, falcons, swifts and sandpipers.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Without golf balls whizzing overhead, the land has become habitat for migratory shorebirds, among them black-necked stilts, greater yellowlegs and sandpipers, and has even drawn the secretive American bittern.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Shorebirds began their journeys early and travel fast, many of them after a short breeding season in the far, far north, so birds like sandpipers, yellowlegs, willets, godwits and curlews are already present in abundant numbers.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Examples of birds with this wing type are ducks, falcons, swifts and sandpipers.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Without golf balls whizzing overhead, the land has become habitat for migratory shorebirds, among them black-necked stilts, greater yellowlegs and sandpipers, and has even drawn the secretive American bittern.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Sandpiper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandpiper. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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sandpiper
noun
sand·pip·er
-ˌpī-pər
: any of numerous small shorebirds with usually long bills and legs
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