Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calidris_melanotos

1 sense of calidris melanotos

Sense 1
pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos -- (American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting)
       => sandpiper -- (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)