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spotted sandpiper
(redirected from Tringa macularia)

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spotted sandpiper
n.
A small brownish-gray North American shore bird (Actitis macularia) that in summer acquires white underparts with many small black spots. Also called peetweet.
spotted sandpiper
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, having a spotted breast in its breeding plumage Also called (US) peetweet
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Noun1.spotted sandpiper - common North American sandpiperspotted sandpiper - common North American sandpiper      
Actitis macularia
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Actitis, genus Actitis - a genus of Scolopacidae
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