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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

bird go
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

aquatic bird go
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

wading bird, wader go
any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird go
any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call

noun.animal

14 Subcategories

European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos go
a variety of sandpiper
spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia go
common North American sandpiper
stint, least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla go
smallest American sandpiper
red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina go
small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
greenshank, Tringa nebularia go
large European sandpiper with greenish legs
redshank, Tringa totanus go
a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
yellowlegs go
either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos go
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus go
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea go
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
sanderling, Crocethia alba go
small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda go
large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
ruff, Philomachus pugnax go
common Eurasian sandpiper
tattler go
any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry