sandpiper
USSAND-py-pur/ˈsænd.paɪpɚ/UKSAND-py-puh/ˈsænd.paɪpə/
Pluralsandpipers
- 1A small bird with long legs and a thin beak that lives near water and pokes the sand for food.
Like a little bird that hurries along the beach, poking the sand for food.
A small sandpiper darted along the wet sand looking for food.
We watched several sandpipers run from each wave at the beach.
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Origin
From the words "sand" and "piper".