1. (noun) any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

• actitis hypoleucos
• european sandpiper
• actitis macularia
• spotted sandpiper
• bartramia longicauda
• bartramian sandpiper
• upland plover
• upland sandpiper
• calidris canutus
• grayback
• greyback
• knot
• calidris ferruginea
• curlew sandpiper
• calidris melanotos
• jacksnipe
• pectoral sandpiper
• crocethia alba
• sanderling
• dunlin
• erolia alpina
• red-backed sandpiper
• erolia minutilla
• least sandpiper
• stint
• greenshank
• tringa nebularia
• philomachus pugnax
• ruff
• redshank
• tringa totanus
• tattler
• yellowlegs

1. (noun) any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

• family scolopacidae
• scolopacidae

1. (noun) any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

• limicoline bird
• shore bird
• shorebird