資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
(E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also
{churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}.
It is found both in Europe and America.
資料來源 : WordNet®
red-backed sandpiper
n : small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic
regions and winters in southern United States or
Mediterranean regions [syn: {dunlin}, {Erolia alpina}]