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dunlin

/duhn-lin/US // ˈdʌn lɪn //UK // (ˈdʌnlɪn) //

邓林,敦煌网,邓琳,敦煌鸟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a common sandpiper, Calidris alpina, that breeds in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

Examples

  • Pickerel, pik′e-rel, n. an American pike: a wading bird, the dunlin.

  • The period of incubation is probably the same as for the European dunlin, 22 days.

  • Its note is described as being louder than that of the Dunlin.

  • At Kaolak River (July 17, 1951) a dunlin was feeding and flying with a group of four semipalmated sandpipers.

  • Next day in the same general area where winds had driven water on the sand, four semipalmated sandpipers were feeding with dunlin.