sandpiper

English - Turkish

Definition of sandpiper in English Turkish dictionary

su çulluğu

{i} çulluk

(isim) çulluk

beyaz karınlı yeşil bacak

Related Terms

curlew sandpiper

kızılbacak

curlew sandpiper

kızıl kumkuşu

green sandpiper

yeşil çulluk

white-rumped sandpiper

Ak sokumlu kum kuşu

marsh sandpiper

bataklık düdükçünü

terek sandpiper

terek düdükçünü

terek sandpiper

kazık seti

terek sandpiper

sarıbacak

English - English

Definition of sandpiper in English English dictionary

Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae

{n} a bird with a long slender bill

{i} any of several small wading birds with long slender beaks

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

a small bird with long legs and a long beak that lives near the shore. Any of numerous shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) found either breeding or wintering nearly worldwide. Sandpipers, 6-12 in. (15-30 cm) long, have a moderately long bill and legs, long, narrow wings, and a fairly short tail. Their plumage has a complicated "dead-grass" pattern of browns, buffs, and blacks above, white or cream below. They run along ocean and inland beaches and mudflats, picking up insects, crustaceans, and worms and uttering thin, piping cries. Many species migrate in great flocks, from the Arctic to South America and New Zealand

A small lamprey eel; the pride

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidæ

Related Terms

curlew sandpiper

A type of sandpiper, calidris ferruginea

wood sandpiper

A Eurasian species of small wader birds, (Tringa glareola), that is the smallest of the shanks

The sandpiper

sanny

curlew sandpiper

Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew

european sandpiper

a variety of sandpiper

least sandpiper

smallest American sandpiper

pectoral sandpiper

American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

pectoral sandpiper

A New World sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) with brownish streaks on the upper part of the breast. The male inflates its breast during courtship

red-backed sandpiper

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

sea sandpiper

The purple sandpiper

spotted sandpiper

A small brownish-gray North American shore bird (Actitis macularia) that in summer acquires white underparts with many small black spots. Also called peetweet

spotted sandpiper

common North American sandpiper

upland sandpiper

large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands

upland sandpiper

A large brownish sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) inhabiting the fields and uplands of southern Canada and the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Also called upland plover

Hyphenation

sand·pip·er

Etymology

() From sand + piper