Definition of Least sandpiper

1. Noun. Smallest American sandpiper.

Exact synonyms: Erolia Minutilla, Stint
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Erolia, Genus Erolia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Least Sandpiper

leasowes
leasowing
leasows
least
least(a)
least-squares analysis
least-weasel
least bittern
least common multiple
least common multiples
least cost planning
least diffusion circle
least effort
least of all
least resistance
least sandpiper (current term)
least shrew
least significant bit
least significant bits
least significant byte
least significant bytes
least squares
least weasel
least weasels
leastaways
leastest
leasts
leastways
leastwise
leasure

Literary usage of Least sandpiper

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

1. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"By September 1 the adults are in winter plumage and ready for their trip south. 242. least sandpiper, OR MEADOW OXEYE. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"It is noteworthy that the calls of the least sandpiper are less similar to the ... and least sandpiper. The flight-note of the Semipalmated Sandpiper is a ..."

3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Very similar in coloration to the least sandpiper and of about the same size (wing less than four inches), though the rump is ashy instead of black; ..."

4. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"... that it hangs down upon the breast like a great tumour. It is a popular bird with, gunners, and is known by them as Grass Snipe. least sandpiper: Tringa ..."

5. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"The least sandpiper, although occasionally found on the beaches, ... The greenish yellow tarsi and feet of the least sandpiper, which can be seen in a good ..."

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