Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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greyback | Yes | No | No | No |
sandpiper | Yes | No | No | No |
greyback (noun) | sandpiper (noun) |
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a dowitcher with a grey back | any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers |
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere | |
`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 |