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sharp-tailed sandpiper

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of sandpiper, (Calidris acuminata)

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  • Bulgarian: остроопашат брегобегач (ostroopašat bregobegač) — Calidris acuminata
  • Catalan: territ acuminat — Calidris acuminata
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尖尾濱鷸 /尖尾滨鹬 (jiān-wěi bīn-yù) — Calidris acuminata
  • Czech: jespák klínoocasý — Calidris acuminata
  • Danish: spidshalet ryle — Calidris acuminata
  • Dutch: Siberische strandloper — Calidris acuminata
  • Esperanto: pintvosta kalidro — Calidris acuminata
  • Estonian: älverüdi — Calidris acuminata
  • Finnish: suippopyrstösirri — Calidris acuminata
  • French: bécasseau à queue fine — Calidris acuminata
  • German: Spitzschwanzstrandläufer — Calidris acuminata
  • Hebrew: חופית חדת־זנב — Calidris acuminata
  • Hungarian: hegyesfarkú partfutó — Calidris acuminata
  • Icelandic: ósatíta — Calidris acuminata
  • Italian: piovanello siberiano — Calidris acuminata
  • Japanese: ウズラシギ (uzurashigi) — Calidris acuminata
  • Kazakh: бізқұйрық құмдауық (bızqūiryq qūmdauyq) — Calidris acuminata
  • Korean: 메추라기도요 (mechuragidoyo) — Calidris acuminata
  • Latvian: smailastes šņibītis — Calidris acuminata
  • Lithuanian: smailiauodegis bėgikas — Calidris acuminata
  • Mongolian: сүүл элсэг (süül elseg) — Calidris acuminata
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠭᠦᠯ ᠡᠯᠰᠡᠭ (segül elseg) — Calidris acuminata
  • Norwegian: spisshalesnipe — Calidris acuminata
  • Polish: biegus ostrosterny — Calidris acuminata
  • Polish: pilrito-acuminado — Calidris acuminata
  • Russian: острохвостый песочник (ostroxvostyj pesočnik) — Calidris acuminata
  • Slovak: pobrežník ostrochvostý — Calidris acuminata
  • Slovene: ostrorepi prodnik — Calidris acuminata
  • Spanish: correlimos acuminado — Calidris acuminata
  • Swedish: spetsstjärtad snäppa — Calidris acuminata
  • Thai: นกชายเลนกระหม่อมแดง (nók chaay-leen krà-mòaam-daeeŋ) — Calidris acuminata
  • Turkish: kıl kuyruklu kumkuşu — Calidris acuminata
  • Tuvan: шиш кудуруктуг элезинчи (şiş kuduruktug elezinçi) — Calidris acuminata
  • Ukrainian: побережник гострохвостий (poberežnyk hostroxvostyj) — Calidris acuminata
  • Vietnamese: chim rẽ đuôi nhọn — Calidris acuminata