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short-billed dowitcher

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

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noun

Meaning 1

a long-legged and long-billed migratory wading bird, Limnodromus griseus

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  • Catalan: tetolet gris — Limnodromus griseus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 短嘴半蹼鹬 (duǎn zuǐ bàn pǔ yù) — Limnodromus griseus
  • Czech: slukovec krátkozobý — Limnodromus griseus
  • Danish: kortnæbbet sneppeklire — Limnodromus griseus
  • Dutch: kleine grijze snip — Limnodromus griseus
  • Finnish: rämekurppelo — Limnodromus griseus
  • French: bécassin roux — Limnodromus griseus
  • German: Kleiner Schlammläufer — Limnodromus griseus
  • Hungarian: rövidcsőrű cankógoda — Limnodromus griseus
  • Icelandic: snípuduðra — Limnodromus griseus
  • Italian: limnodromo grigio — Limnodromus griseus
  • Japanese: アメリカオオハシシギ (amerikaoohashishigi) — Limnodromus griseus
  • Korean: 짧은부리도요 (jjalbeunburidoyo) — Limnodromus griseus
  • Norwegian: kortnebbekkasinsnipe — Limnodromus griseus
  • Polish: szlamiec krótkodzioby — Limnodromus griseus
  • Portuguese: maçarico-de-costa-branca — Limnodromus griseus
  • Russian: короткоклювый американский бекасовидный веретенник (korotkokljuvyj amerikanskij bekasovidnyj veretennik) — Limnodromus griseus
  • Slovak: brežník sivý — Limnodromus griseus
  • Spanish: agujeta gris — Limnodromus griseus
  • Swedish: mindre beckasinsnäppa — Limnodromus griseus
  • Ukrainian: неголь короткодзьобий (neholʹ korotkodzʹobyj) — Limnodromus griseus