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EROLIA ALPINA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
Synonyms:
dunlin; Erolia alpina; red-backed sandpiper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Erolia alpina" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Holonyms ("Erolia alpina" is a member of...):
Erolia; genus Erolia (a genus of Scolopacidae)