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greyback
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Noun greyback has 3 senses
- greyback(n = noun.person) johnny, johnny reb, reb, rebel - `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms; Array is a kind of confederate soldier
- greyback(n = noun.animal) grayback, limnodromus griseus - a dowitcher with a grey back; Array is a kind of dowitcher
- greyback(n = noun.animal) calidris canutus, grayback, knot - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere; Array is a kind of sandpiper
is a member of calidris, genus calidris
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