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Definition of Calidris canutus
1. Noun. A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Calidris, Genus Calidris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calidris Canutus
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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