American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

• A small short-billed Old World snipe

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Jacksnipe is a two-man racing sailing dinghy with a single trapeze for the crew and symmetrical spinnaker .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa , Actodromas , Ereunetes , and various allied genera of the family Tringid[ae] . Note: The most important North American species are the ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. ''Lymnocryptes minimus'', a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small short-billed Old World snipe [syn: half snipe , Limnocryptes minima ] American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting [syn: pectoral sandpiper , Calidris melanotos ]