Phrase guide

curlew sandpiper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of sandpiper, (Calidris ferruginea)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Calidris Ferruginea

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sandpiper

History

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: krombekstrandloper — Calidris ferruginea
  • Albanian: gjelëza gushëkuqe — Calidris ferruginea
  • Arabic: كَرَوَانُ ٱلْمَاءِ (karawānu l-māʔi) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Armenian: կարմրախածի ավազակտցար (karmraxaci avazaktcʻar) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Belarusian: чырвонаваллёвік (čyrvonavalljovik) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Bengali: গুলিন্দা বাটান (gulinda baṭan) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Breton: ar sourouc'han beg kromm — Calidris ferruginea
  • Bulgarian: кривоклюн брегобегач (krivokljun bregobegač) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Catalan: borriol becllarg — Calidris ferruginea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弯嘴滨鹬 (wān-zuǐ bīn-yù) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浒鹬 (hǔ yù) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Cornish: pyber gelvynak — Calidris ferruginea
  • Czech: jespák křivozobý — Calidris ferruginea
  • Danish: krumnæbbet ryle — Calidris ferruginea
  • Dutch: krombekstrandloper — Calidris ferruginea
  • Esperanto: rustkalidro — Calidris ferruginea
  • Estonian: kõvernokk-rüdi — Calidris ferruginea
  • Faroese: reyðgrælingur — Calidris ferruginea
  • Finnish: kuovisirri — Calidris ferruginea
  • French: bécasseau cocorli — Calidris ferruginea
  • Galician: pilro ferruxento — Calidris ferruginea
  • Georgian: წითელგულა მექვიშია (c̣itelgula mekvišia) — Calidris ferruginea
  • German: Sichelstrandläufer — Calidris ferruginea
  • Greek: δρεπανοσκαλίδρα (drepanoskalídra) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Greek: κοτσινονεραλλίδι (kotsinonerallídi) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Hebrew: חופית מגלית — Calidris ferruginea
  • Hungarian: sarlós partfutó — Calidris ferruginea
  • Icelandic: spóatíta — Calidris ferruginea
  • Irish: gobadáinín crotaigh — Calidris ferruginea
  • Italian: piovanello — Calidris ferruginea
  • Japanese: サルハマシギ (saruhamashigi) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Kazakh: қызылтєс құмдауық — Calidris ferruginea
  • Korean: 붉은갯도요 (bulgeun'gaetdoyo) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Latvian: līkknābja šņībītis — Calidris ferruginea
  • Lithuanian: lenktasnapis bėgikas — Calidris ferruginea
  • Luxembourgish: séchelsandleefer — Calidris ferruginea
  • Macedonian: белокрстен свиркач (belokrsten svirkač) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Malay: burung kedidi merah — Calidris ferruginea
  • Malayalam: കടൽക്കാട (kaṭalkkāṭa) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Maltese: beggazzina îamra — Calidris ferruginea
  • Manx: looyran crottagh — Calidris ferruginea
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠭᠦᠯ ᠡᠯᠰᠡᠭ (segül elseg) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Mongolian: хадуур элсэг (xaduur elseg) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Norwegian: krumnebbsnipe — Calidris ferruginea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tundrasnipe — Calidris ferruginea
  • Polish: biegus krzywodzioby — Calidris ferruginea
  • Portuguese: pilrito de bico comprido — Calidris ferruginea
  • Romanian: fugaci roşcat — Calidris ferruginea
  • Romansh: rivarel dal bec tort — Calidris ferruginea
  • Russian: краснозобик (krasnozobik) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Scots: luatharan crom — Calidris ferruginea
  • Scottish Gaelic: luatharan crom — Calidris ferruginea
  • Serbo-Croatian: krivokljuni žalar — Calidris ferruginea
  • Slovak: pobrežník krivozobý — Calidris ferruginea
  • Slovene: srpokljuni prodnik — Calidris ferruginea
  • Spanish: correlimos zarapitín — Calidris ferruginea
  • Swahili: chokowe domo-sululu — Calidris ferruginea
  • Swedish: spovsnäppa — Calidris ferruginea
  • Thai: นกชายเลนปากโค้ง (nók chaay-leen pàak-khóoŋ) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Turkish: kızıl kumkuşu — Calidris ferruginea
  • Tuvan: кызыл-боостаа (kızıl-boostaa) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Ukrainian: побережник червоногрудий (poberežnyk červonohrudyj) — Calidris ferruginea
  • Vietnamese: chim rẽ bụng nâu — Calidris ferruginea
  • Welsh: pibydd cambig — Calidris ferruginea