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Baird's sandpiper
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Definition of Baird's sandpiper
: a small migratory sandpiper (Erolia bairdii) chiefly of western North America that breeds in the arctic tundras and winters in South America and is mottled buff and gray with a dark rump and a short slender bill
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Origin and Etymology of baird's sandpiper
after Spencer F. Baird †1887 American zoologist
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