noun
Meaning 1
Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sandpiper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsænd.paɪpə/
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noun
Meaning 2
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
Narrower terms: European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia, least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla, red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina, greenshank, Tringa nebularia, redshank, Tringa totanus, yellowlegs, pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos, knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus, curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea, sanderling, Crocethia alba, upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, ruff, Philomachus pugnax, tattler
History
Etymology
From sand + piper.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: qyrylyk — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Arabic: دُرَّيْجَة (durrayja) — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Catalan: territ — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Chechen: цӏога лесто хин олхазар (cʼoga lesto xin olxazar) — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏮ (agowv) — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Czech: pisík — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Dutch: strandloper — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Faroese: grælingur — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: sirri — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: sirriäinen — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: vikla — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: viklo — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: rantasipi — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: liro — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Finnish: rantakurvi — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- French: chevalier — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- German: Wasserläufer — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- German: Strandläufer — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Irish: gobadán — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Italian: piovanello — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Italian: piro-piro — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Italian: gambecchio — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Japanese: しぎ (shigi) — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Latvian: terekija — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Lithuanian: terekija — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Manx: looyran — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Michif: plavyii — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Mi'kmaq: jijigwatej — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Polish: bekas — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Portuguese: maçarico — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Romanian: fugaci — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Russian: перево́зчик (perevózčik) — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: luatharan — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: bog an lòin — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: dorra-tràigh — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: ladhran-tràgha — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: cìobair-tràighe — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: bodhag — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: ladhran — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: sgràilleag — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: cama-lùbach — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: gobada-lìridh — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: ladhran-tràghaid — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Scottish Gaelic: fìdhlear bòrd an locha — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Spanish: playero — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Spanish: correlimos — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Welsh: pibydd y traeth — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Welsh: pibydd y dorlan — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Welsh: gïach yr haf — bird of the family Scolopacidae
- Welsh: sneipen yr haf — bird of the family Scolopacidae
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