sandpiper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of numerous small or medium-sized wading birds of the family Scolopacidae, typically with a slender bill and a piping call

   A sandpiper probed the wet shoreline for worms and small crustaceans.

A compound of sand + piper. The name joins the bird's familiar shoreline habitat with its thin, piping call.

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