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pectoral sandpiper

pectoral sandpiper noun: calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.

pectoral sandpiper: calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in...
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Noun

pectoral sandpiper (plural pectoral sandpipers)

  1. Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.

Forms of pectoral sandpiper

pluralpectoral sandpipers

Questions about pectoral sandpiper

What does pectoral sandpiper mean?
Pectoral sandpiper means calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.
What part of speech is pectoral sandpiper?
Pectoral sandpiper is a noun.
What is the plural of pectoral sandpiper?
The plural of pectoral sandpiper is pectoral sandpipers.

Words near pectoral sandpiper in the dictionary

  1. pectoral girdles
  2. pectoral muscle
  3. pectoral muscles
  4. pectoral quail
  5. pectoral quails
  6. pectoral sandpiper
  7. pectoral sandpipers
  8. pectoral theology
  9. pectorales majores
  10. pectorales minores
  11. pectoralgia

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