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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
gray·back       [grey-bak] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
2.Informal. a Confederate soldier.

[Origin: 1805–15; gray1 + back1]
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grayback

noun
1. a dowitcher with a grey back [syn: greyback
2. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [syn: knot

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Grayback

Gray"back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse.

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