dunlin

dun·lin  (dnln)

n.

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

---

[dun + -lin(g).]

---

dunlin

Noun

a small sandpiper, of northern and artic regions, with a brown back and a black breast [from dun²]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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