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spotted sandpiper

noun

  1. a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, that has brownish-gray upper parts and white underparts, and is spotted with black in the summer.


spotted sandpiper

noun

  1. a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, having a spotted breast in its breeding plumage Also called (US)peetweet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spotted sandpiper1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

Another dainty person who haunts these same shallows is the spotted sandpiper, the much loved "teeter-tail."

To his ear the song notes resembled somewhat those of the spotted sandpiper.

The spotted sandpiper will run along the stones before you, crying, "wet-feet, wet-feet!"

The Spotted Sandpiper is another of the little fellows who sometimes nests back in those meadows.

Jack was amused at a little spotted sandpiper that had been flying up the stream when the hawk darted for the ducks.

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