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- [sand-pahy-per]
- /ˈsændˌpaɪ pɛr/
- /ˈsændpaɪpə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sand-pahy-per]
- /ˈsændˌpaɪ pɛr/
Definitions of sandpiper word
- noun sandpiper any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call. 1
- noun sandpiper wading bird 1
- noun sandpiper any of numerous N hemisphere shore birds of the genera Tringa, Calidris, etc, typically having a long slender bill and legs and cryptic plumage: family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes 0
- noun sandpiper any other bird of the family Scolopacidae, which includes snipes and woodcocks 0
- noun sandpiper any of a number of small shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) similar to the snipes but distinguished by a shorter, soft-tipped bill, including the common sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos) of Europe and the spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia) and least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) of North America 0
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Origin of sandpiper
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75; sand + piper
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Parts of speech for Sandpiper
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sandpiper popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sandpiper
noun sandpiper
- curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- wildfowl — a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.
- woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
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