dunlin

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Definitions

noun

A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint.

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Synonyms

erolia alpina red-backed sandpiper stint long-toed stint little stint red-necked stint redback dunbird speckled-belly oxbird oxeye dunnock temminck's stint dabbling duck cracker gadwall

Associated

redshank godwit whimbrel turnstone wigeon lapwing sandpiper plover curlew alpina oystercatcher shelduck

Rhymes

kun lun kunlun sun lin

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