Dunlin Synonyms

dŭnlĭn
Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. red-backed sandpiper
  2. Erolia alpina

Words Related to Dunlin

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sanderling
  2. whimbrel
  3. godwit
  4. greenshank
  5. bar-tailed
  6. black-tailed
  7. redshank
  8. godwits
  9. turnstone
  10. shelduck
  11. bramblings
  12. wigeon
  13. siskins
  14. wheatears
  15. goldcrests

Dunlin Sentence Examples

  • In winter dunlin, ringed and gray plover, redshank, knot and bar-tailed godwit all feed on the mudflats at low tide.

  • There were a few more whitethroats around and several Dunlin at the scrape.

  • In the breeding-season the male Dunlin utters a most peculiar and farsounding whistle, somewhat resembling the continued ringing of a high-toned musical bell.

  • There were a few more Whitethroats around and several Dunlin at the scrape.

  • The populations of a number of wintering waterbirds, such as dunlin, ringed plover and turnstone, have continued to decline.

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