SHOREBIRD Synonyms

• relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

• slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks

• 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

• small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

• any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

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

• grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

• Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

• wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills

• black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.

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

• any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

• short for railway

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

• complain bitterly

• enclose with rails

• provide with rails

• separate with a railing

• convey (goods etc.) by rails

• travel by rail or train

• lay with rails

• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

• spread negative information about

• criticize severely

• small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world

• 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

• wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground

• long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

• long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

• someone who gossips indiscreetly

• any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry