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GRAYBACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Synonyms:
Calidris canutus; grayback; greyback; knot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grayback" 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 ("grayback" is a member of...):
Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dowitcher with a grey back
Synonyms:
grayback; greyback; Limnodromus griseus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("grayback" is a kind of...):
dowitcher (shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)
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