SCOLOPACIDAE Synonyms

• large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

• shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

• large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

• small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

• any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

• Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• a gunshot from a concealed location

• hunt or shoot snipe

• aim and shoot with great precision

• attack in speech or writing

• an unbroken period of time during which you do something

• smallest American sandpiper

• an individual's prescribed share of work

• subsist on a meager allowance

• supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

• migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

• large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

• sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers