curlew sandpiper

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curlew sandpiper
 
n
a common Eurasian sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea, having a brick-red breeding plumage and a greyish winter plumage

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curlew sandpiper

noun
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew 
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