purple sandpiper en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of sandpiper, Calidris maritima.
Importunate with his own kind, garrulous with others…So might one describe the purple sandpiper and so men describe me…
2011, Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb, From the Mouth of a Whale, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| purple sandpipers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
se fierváviroš (Calidris maritima) · fo grælingur (Calidris maritima) · ca territ fosc (Calidris maritima) · smj fiervvatjoavtjoj (Calidris maritima) · sk pobrežník morský (Calidris maritima) · pl biegus morski (Calidris maritima) · ga gobadán cosbhuí (Calidris maritima) · sms reddviârvvaž (Calidris maritima) · is sendlingur (Calidris maritima) · kl sissarmiutaq (Calidris maritima) · nl paarse strandloper (Calidris maritima) · fi merisirri (Calidris maritima) · fo grágrælingur (Calidris maritima) · no fjæreplytt (Calidris maritima) · ru морско́й песо́чник (Calidris maritima) · sv skärsnäppa (Calidris maritima)