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Noun: sandpiper  'sand`pI-pu(r)
  1. Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

Derived forms: sandpipers

Type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

Part of: family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae

Encyclopedia: Sandpiper

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