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Definition of red-backed sandpiper in English: red-backed sandpipernoun North American The dunlin, Calidris alpina (family Scolopacidae), which has a reddish-brown back in the breeding season.
Origin Early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet. Definition of red-backed sandpiper in US English: red-backed sandpipernoun North American The dunlin, Calidris alpina (family Scolopacidae), which has a reddish-brown back in the breeding season.
Origin Early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet. |