purple sandpiper
noun
a sandpiper, Calidris maritima, of arctic regions of the New and Old World, having in winter a slate-gray back with purplish reflections.
Origin of purple sandpiper
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby purple sandpiper
purple of cassius,
purple passion,
purple patch,
purple prose,
purple sage,
purple sandpiper,
purple shore crab,
purple trillium,
purple-fringed orchid,
purpleheart,
purplish