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Calidris canutus
(redirected from Red Knot)

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Noun1.Calidris canutus - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphereCalidris canutus - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Calidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae


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