Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dunlin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
(E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also
{churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}.
It is found both in Europe and America.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dunlin
n : small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic
regions and winters in southern United States or
Mediterranean regions [syn: {red-backed sandpiper}, {Erolia
alpina}]
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