Definition of Calidris canutus

1. Noun. A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.

Exact synonyms: Grayback, Greyback, Knot
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Calidris, Genus Calidris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calidris Canutus

Calendula officinalis
Calexico
Caley
Caley pea
Calgarian
Calgarians
Calgary
Calhoun
Cali
Cali cartel
Cali roll
Cali rolls
Calicut
Calidris
Calidris Ferruginea
Calidris canutus (current term)
Calidris melanotos
Calif.
California
California Channel Island fox
California Condor
California Condors
California Personality Inventory
California Spangled Cat
California allspice
California bay tree
California beauty
California black oak
California black walnut
California blackberries

Literary usage of Calidris canutus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"This unexpected development makes it necessary to use the generic name Calidris Anonymous for the Knot, which will, therefore, now stand as Calidris canutus ..."

2. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1855)
"Calidris canutus, FLEMING. Tringa— ? Canutus—Canute. THE Knot, according to Camden, derives its specific Latin name from "King Canutus," with whom it is ..."

3. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"Totanus calidris. gallinula. 'solitarius. Calidris canutus. Gambetta flavipes. Tringa cinclus. ..."

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