dunlin

Noun

dun=lin

WORDNET DICTIONARY

dunlin(n = noun.animal) erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper - small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions; Array

is a kind of sandpiper

is a member of erolia, genus erolia

dunlin, n. a long-billed sandpiper, Calidris alpina.

Etymology

prob. f. DUN(1) + -LING(1)

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