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dun·lin (d

A rust-brown and white sandpiper (Calidris alpina) native to northern regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.

[dun + -lin(g).]

dunlin [ˈdʌnlɪn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small sandpiper, Calidris (or Erolia) alpina, of northern and arctic regions, having a brown back and black breast in summer Also called red-backed sandpiper

[dun² + -ling¹]

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Noun

dunlin - small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

Erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper

sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

Erolia, genus Erolia - a genus of Scolopacidae

dunlin noun

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collective noun flight

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