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greyback
greyback (ˈɡreɪˌbæk) or graybackn (Animals) any of various animals having a grey back, such as the grey whale and the hooded crowThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  greyback - `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniformsJohnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebelcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechConfederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War | | 2. |  greyback - a dowitcher with a grey back grayback, Limnodromus griseusdowitcher - shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | | 3. |  greyback - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphereCalidris canutus, grayback, knotsandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the ploversCalidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae |
greyback
Synonyms for greybacknoun 'Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil WarSynonymsRelated Words- colloquialism
- Confederate soldier
noun a dowitcher with a grey backSynonyms- grayback
- Limnodromus griseus
Related Wordsnoun a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphereSynonyms- Calidris canutus
- grayback
- knot
Related Words- sandpiper
- Calidris
- genus Calidris
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