[shawr-burd, shohr-] 
| a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird. |
| shore bird also shore·bird (shôr'bûrd', shōr'-) n. Any of various birds, such as the sandpiper, plover, or snipe, that frequent the shores of coastal or inland waters. |
