RED-BACKED SANDPIPER

 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-backed sandpiper mean? 

• RED-BACKED SANDPIPER (noun)
  The noun RED-BACKED SANDPIPER has 1 sense:

1. small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

  Familiarity information: RED-BACKED SANDPIPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED-BACKED SANDPIPER (noun)

Meaning:

Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dunlin; Erolia alpina; red-backed sandpiper

Hypernyms ("red-backed sandpiper" 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 ("red-backed sandpiper" is a member of...):

Erolia; genus Erolia (a genus of Scolopacidae)