[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sandpiper \sand"pi`per\, n.
   1. zool. any one of numerous species of small limicoline
      game birds belonging to tringa, actodromas,
      ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
      tringidae.
      1913 webster

   note: the most important north american species are the
         pectoral sandpiper tringa maculata, called also
         brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
         red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
         tringa alpina; the purple sandpiper tringa
         maritima: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot tringa
         canutus; the semipalmated sandpiper ereunetes
         pusillus; the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
         actitis macularia; the buff-breasted sandpiper
         tryngites subruficollis, and the bartramian
         sandpiper, or upland plover. see under upland. among
         the european species are the dunlin, the knot, the
         ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
         actitis hypoleucus syn. tringoides hypoleucus,
         called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
         and summer snipe. some of the small plovers and
         tattlers are also called sandpipers.
         1913 webster

   2. zool. a small lamprey eel; the pride.
      1913 webster

   curlew sandpiper. see under curlew.

   stilt sandpiper. see under stilt.
      1913 webster
see also:
tringa actodromas ereunetes tringidae tringa maculata brownback 
grass snipe jacksnipe tringa alpina tringa maritima tringa canutus 
ereunetes pusillus actitis macularia tryngites subruficollis upland actitis hypoleucus 
tringoides hypoleucus fiddler peeper pleeps weet-weet 
summer snipe curlew sandpiper curlew stilt sandpiper stilt 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stilt \stilt\, n. oe. stilte; akin to dan. stylte, sw. stylta,
   lg.  d. stelt, ohg. stelza, g. stelze, and perh. to e.
   stout.
   1. a pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
      to raise the foot above the ground in walking. it is
      sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
      upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
      1913 webster

            ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
                                                  --landor.
      1913 webster

   2. a crutch; also, the handle of a plow. prov. eng.
      --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. any species of limicoline birds belonging to
      himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
      remarkably long and slender. called also longshanks,
      stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
      1913 webster

   note: the american species himantopus mexicanus is well
         known. the european and asiatic stilt himantopus
         candidus is usually white, except the wings and
         interscapulars, which are greenish black. the
         white-headed stilt himantopus leucocephalus and the
         banded stilt cladorhynchus pectoralis are found in
         australia.
         1913 webster

   stilt plover zool., the stilt.

   stilt sandpiper zool., an american sandpiper
      micropalama himantopus having long legs. the bill is
      somewhat expanded at the tip.
      1913 webster
see also:
himantopus longshanks stiltbird stilt plover lawyer himantopus mexicanus 
himantopus candidus himantopus leucocephalus cladorhynchus pectoralis stilt plover stilt sandpiper 
micropalama himantopus 

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