1Any of various waders, especially the dunlin, Calidris alpina, the sanderling, Calidris alba, the ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, and the common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos. Compare "ox-eye". Now regional.

2Any of several African birds often seen in the company of cattle: †(a) the cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis (obsolete).