curlew sandpiper

noun

a common Eurasian sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea, having a brick-red breeding plumage and a greyish winter plumage

Words nearby curlew sandpiper

curl one's hair, curl up, curled paperwork, curler, curlew, curlew sandpiper, curley, curli, curlicue, curling, curling iron

Example sentences from the Web for curlew sandpiper

  • The haunt of one only—the curlew-sandpiper—still defies discovery.

    In the West Country |Francis A. Knight

  • Most of these were ring-dotterels, dunlins, and curlew-sandpiper, the two latter in full summer-plumage.

    Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) |Abel Chapman