Noun
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
Usually written using kana alone
Also written 鴫【しぎ】
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Noun
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
Usually written using kana alone
Also written 鴫【しぎ】
Nouncommon sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Nouncurlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
Nouncommon snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
NounEurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Nouna snipe and a clam; a snipe and a mussel
Nounspoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
Nounsolitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
Noungreen sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
NounLatham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
Nounwhimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
NounEurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
Noungrey-tailed tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes)
Nounblack-tailed godwit (species of sandpiper, Limosa limosa)
Nounphalarope (any sandpiper of family Phalaropodidae)
Nouncommon redshank (Tringa totanus)
Nounruff; reeve (species of sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax)
Nounruddy turnstone (species of sandpiper, Arenaria interpres)
Nountinamou (any bird of family Tinamidae)
Nounblack-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) · stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae); avocet
NounTerek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Nounred-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Nounred phalarope; grey phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Nounpied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounfight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)
Nounlong-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
Nounwandering tattler (Tringa incana)
NounWilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)