WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
spot′ted sand′piper,
- Birdsa North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, that has brownish-gray upper parts and white underparts, and is spotted with black in the summer. See illus. under sandpiper.
- 1760–70
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