sandpiper
/ˈsændˌpaɪpə(r)/noun
1- a wading bird with a long bill and typically long legs, nesting on the ground by water and frequenting coastal areas on migration鹬。
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- Family Scolopacidae (the sandpiper family): several genera, especially Calidris, Tringa, and Actitis, and numerous species. The sandpiper family also includes the godwits, curlews, redshanks, turnstones, phalaropes, woodcock, snipe, and ruff.鹬科：数属, 尤指滨鹬属, 鹬属和矶鹬属, 众多种。鹬科也包括塍鹬, 白腰杓鹬, 红脚鹬, 翻石鹬, 瓣蹼鹬, 丘鹬, 半蹼鹬和流苏鹬。