Shorebird

Word SHOREBIRD
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Definitions and meanings of "Shorebird"

What do we mean by shorebird?

Any of various birds that frequent the shores of coastal or inland waters, such as a sandpiper, plover, or snipe. noun

A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water. noun

Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries noun

A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.

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The word "shorebird" in example sentences

The term shorebird is applied to a group of long-legged, slender-billed, and usually plainly colored birds belonging to the order Limicolae. ❋ William Temple Hornaday (1895)

Killdeer are common in our area; although classified as a shorebird, they are commonly seen nesting in fields, golf courses or parking lots - often far from water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Summary: This study estimates the chance that the snowy plover, a small shorebird that breeds on sand and gravel coastlines, will become extinct in Florida due to sea level rise. ❋ David Kroodsma (2011)

A description of the Greater Yellowlegs shorebird—Nor does she wear her loneliness like a shroud. ❋ Alexandra Mullen (2011)

A second possibility would be a large shorebird, like a yellowlegs, which are migrating right now. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

On Isle Grand Terre, LSU researcher Richard Gibbons saw a black-bellied plover, a skinny-legged shorebird, with oil on its face. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Satellite tracking allowed researchers to follow a female shorebird who flew 7,145 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand. ❋ Sy Montgomery (2010)

In another experiment, Tinbergen showed that a mother oystercatcher, a shorebird, may make an equally strange choice. ❋ Sy Montgomery (2010)

We sailed through tidal marshes, seeing no other beings except the occasional long-legged shorebird, half hidden by tall grasses. ❋ Susan Hubbard (2010)

A shorebird repeatedly dunks its face in a puddle, unable to wash off. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There the parasites wait for the fish to be eaten by a shorebird. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

Your blog is a great resource for shorebird information! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The New England Aquarium has just launched a shorebird blog that will feature video, photos and information from Aquarium biologists about the Aquarium shorebirds exhibit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, a rare shorebird thought by many to be extinct was re-discovered in a remote area of Canada a few years ago; it might just as easily have quietly gone extinct without being rediscovered. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Climate change: proposed effects on shorebird habitat, prey, and numbers in the outer Mackenzie Delta. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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