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

1 sense of sandpiper

Sense 1
sandpiper -- (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
       => shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird -- (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)