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surf⋅bird

  [surf-burd]
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–noun
a sandpiperlike shorebird, Aphriza virgata, of the Pacific coast, breeding in Alaska and wintering in South America.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; surf + bird
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surf·bird   (sûrf'bûrd')   
n.  A shore bird (Aphriza virgata) of the Pacific coast of North and South America, having dark, heavily spotted plumage and a black tail with a broad white base.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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surfbird

(Aphriza virgata), American shorebird that has a black triangle on its otherwise white tail. Surfbirds are about 25 centimetres (10 inches) long. With the knots, they constitute the subfamily Calidritinae (family Scolopacidae).

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