rock sandpiper
noun
(Originally) †the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima ( obsolete ); (in later use) the very similar C. ptilocnemis, of rocky shores on the coasts of the North Pacific.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Jardine (1800–1874), naturalist.
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