单词 | grey sandpiper |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey sandpiper grey sandpiper n. now rare either of two greyish wading birds, the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola, and (in New Zealand) the grey-tailed tattler, Tringa (or Heteroscelus) brevipes, which winters in the Pacific area. ΚΠ 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 456 (heading) Grey Sandpiper. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Sandpiper In the Grey Sandpiper there is no back toe, but only a sort of spur, very small. 1901 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1900 33 253 Of the shore-birds, or waders, we have..the grey sandpiper (Heteractitis brevipes), and the greenshank. 1987 B. A. Lane Shorebirds Austral. v. 107/2 A small to medium-sized grey sandpiper with conspicuous orange legs and a long, upturned bill. < as lemmas |
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