noun
smallest American sandpiper
• Syn: ↑stint, ↑Erolia minutilla
• Hypernyms: ↑sandpiper
• Member Holonyms: ↑Erolia, ↑genus Erolia
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noun : the smallest American sandpiper (Erolia minutilla) — compare stint
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a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
[1855-60, Amer.]
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least sandpiper,
a small brownish sandpiper of eastern North America.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.