"Dunlin" is a word in ENGLISH

The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.

An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, …

The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.

A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy …

A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae.

A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded …

Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.

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

Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover …

A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.

A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding …

A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also …

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of …

A small lamprey eel; the pride.

The sandpiper.

Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.

The purple sandpiper.

A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin.