grayback Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a dowitcher with a grey back
Limnodromus griseus; greyback.
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noun a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
greyback; knot; Calidris canutus.
WordNet
Gray"back` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot .(c) The dowitcher .(d) The body louse.