sandpiper
/ˈsændˌpaɪpər/
noun
- A small bird with long legs and a long thin beak that lives near beaches and marshes and eats small creatures from the sand or mud.
- The sandpiper's call is a soft, whistling sound that carries across the salt marsh.
- We saw a sandpiper running along the shoreline, pecking at tiny crabs.
- During our walk on the beach, a sandpiper darted in and out of the waves.