| 单词 | limicoline bird |
| 释义 | limicoline bird (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY limicoline bird n any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries Syn|Hypo|Hyper shore bird, shorebird plover any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers sandpiperany of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Aphriza virgata, surfbirdsandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America woodcockgame bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe snipeOld or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks curlewlarge migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill godwitlarge wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbirdlong-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons Australian stilt, stiltlong-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia avocetlong-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill oyster catcher, oystercatcherblack-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. phalaropesmall sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics glareole, pratincoleOld World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers courserswift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles Burhinus oedicnemus, stone curlew, thick-kneelarge-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint Charadrius melodus, piping ploversmall plover of eastern North America Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer ploverAmerican plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus, dotrel, dotterelrare plover of upland areas of Eurasia golden ploverplovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots green plover, lapwing, peewit, pewitlarge crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs turnstonemigratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food Actitis hypoleucos, European sandpipera variety of sandpiper Actitis macularia, spotted sandpipercommon North American sandpiper Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper, stintsmallest American sandpiper Erolia alpina, dunlin, red-backed sandpipersmall common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions Tringa nebularia, greenshanklarge European sandpiper with greenish legs Tringa totanus, redshanka common Old World wading bird with long red legs yellowlegseither of two North American shorebird with yellow legs Calidris melanotos, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiperAmerican sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knota sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Calidris Ferruginea, curlew sandpiperOld World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew Crocethia alba, sanderlingsmall sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover, upland sandpiperlarge plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands Philomachus pugnax, ruffcommon Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season tattlerany of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticolashort-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock American woodcock, Philohela minor, woodcock snipesmall long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird Gallinago gallinago, whole snipecommon snipe of Eurasia and Africa Gallinago gallinago delicata, Wilson's snipeAmerican snipe Gallinago media, great snipe, woodcock snipeOld World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe Limnocryptes minima, half snipe, jacksnipea small short-billed Old World snipe dowitchershorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe European curlew, Numenius arquatacommon Eurasian curlew Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealisNew World curlew that breeds in northern North America Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemasticaNew World godwit Himantopus mexicanus, black-necked stiltstilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stiltstilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stiltstilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck Himantopus novae-zelandiae, kakiblackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt Cladorhyncus leucocephalum, banded stiltweb-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings Phalaropus fulicarius, red phalaropephalarope of northern oceans and lakes Lobipes lobatus, northern phalaropebreeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea Steganopus tricolor, Wilson's phalaropebreeds on the northern great plains of Canada Cursorius cursor, cream-colored coursercourser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World Pluvianus aegyptius, crocodile birdAfrican courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles wader, wading bird any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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