SHORE BIRD Synonyms

• long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

• large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

• shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

• small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

• large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

• black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.

• small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

• any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

• a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a high tight collar

• common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

• (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

• play a trump

• small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world

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

• Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• a gunshot from a concealed location

• hunt or shoot snipe

• aim and shoot with great precision

• attack in speech or writing

• wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground

• long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

• long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

• someone who gossips indiscreetly

• any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry

• migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

• large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

• either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs