WordNet: sandpiper

any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

• hypernym limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

• hyponym Actitis hypoleucos, European sandpiper

• hyponym Actitis macularia, spotted sandpiper

• hyponym Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper, stint

• hyponym Erolia alpina, dunlin, red-backed sandpiper

• hyponym Tringa nebularia, greenshank

• hyponym Tringa totanus, redshank

• hyponym yellowlegs

• hyponym Calidris melanotos, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper

• hyponym Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot

• hyponym Calidris Ferruginea, curlew sandpiper

• hyponym Crocethia alba, sanderling

• hyponym Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover, upland sandpiper

• hyponym Philomachus pugnax, ruff

• hyponym tattler

• member holonym Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae

sandpiper

• (suomi) kurppa (synonyymi)