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LEAST SANDPIPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does least sandpiper mean? 

LEAST SANDPIPER (noun)
  The noun LEAST SANDPIPER has 1 sense:

1. smallest American sandpiperplay

  Familiarity information: LEAST SANDPIPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEAST SANDPIPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Smallest American sandpiper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Erolia minutilla; least sandpiper; stint

Hypernyms ("least sandpiper" is a kind of...):

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

Holonyms ("least sandpiper" is a member of...):

Erolia; genus Erolia (a genus of Scolopacidae)


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