What is "trigna minutilla"

Peep \Peep\, n.

1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

2. First outlook or appearance.

   Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn.
   --Gray.

3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

   To take t' other peep at the stars.
   --Swift.

4. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ( Trigna minutilla).

   2. The European meadow pipit ( Anthus pratensis).

      Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass.

      Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]