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Definition: Dunlin |
DunlinNoun1. Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Dunlin \Dun"lin\, noun. [Probably of Celtic origin; compare to Gaelic dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, English lin.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: DunlinSynonym: red-backed sandpiper (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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| Calidris alpina |
The Dunlin, Calidris alpina is a small wader. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions, and a long-distance migrant, wintering south to the Caribbean, Africa and southeast Asia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
This bird is one of the commonest and best-known waders throughout its breeding and wintering ranges, and it is the species with which other waders tend to be compared. It is similar in size to a Starling, but stouter, with a thick bill.
It shows a strong white wingbar in flight, and it moves along coastal mudflat beaches it prefers with a characteristic "sewing machine" feeding action, methodically picking small food items.
The depicted bird is a spring adult in breeding plumage, with the distinctive black belly which no other similar-sized wader possesses. The winter Dunlin is basically grey above and white below. Juveniles are brown above with two whitish "V" shapes on the back. There are usually black marks on the flanks or belly.
The legs and slightly decurved bill are black. There are a number of subspecies differing mainly in the extent of rufous coloration in the breeding plumage and the bill length. It should, however, be noted that bill length varies between sexes, the females having longer bills than the males.
The call is a typical sandpiper "peep", and the display song a harsh trill.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dunlin."
Crosswords: Dunlin |
| English words defined with "dunlin": Oxbird ♦ Plover's page, Purre ♦ Redback ♦ Sand mouse, Sea lark, Sea snipe ♦ Winter snipe. (references) |
| "Dunlin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.63% of the time. "Dunlin" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 65.63% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 34.38% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dunlin | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dunlin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | алпийски брегобегач (sea-snape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ptáèek (bird, birdie, long-lived, long-spur, Snowbird). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | almindelig ryle (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bonte strandloper (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bécasseau variable, bécasseau dos roux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alpenstrandläufer (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λασποσκαλίδρα (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | partfutó (stilt, stint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piovanello pancianera, piovanello pancia nera (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | breckag hraie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unlinday pilrito-comum (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) чернозобик. (various references) pollairean (the dunlin). (various references) vrsta ptice (bobolink, cassowary, ringtail, sandpiper, skua, solitaire). (various references) correlimos común (Usa: red-wacked sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Calidris alpina, RM:rivarel alpin. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dunlin": dunlins. (additional references) | |
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"Dunlin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: danilian, danlin, Denli, Donaldina, Donlin, duannian, dulin, dulon, Dulyn, Dunelmi, d'union, D'unix, Dunlea, Dunley, Dunnin, Dunollie, duolian, kunlun. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-l-n-n-u" | |
-2 letters: linn. | |
-3 letters: din, dui, dun, inn, lid, lin, nil, nun. | |
-4 letters: id, in, li, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-l-n-n-u" | |
+1 letter: dunlins, indulin, unlined. | |
+2 letters: bundling, disannul, induline, indulins, nonfluid, unkindly, unlading, unlinked, unnailed. | |
+3 letters: bundlings, disannuls, foundling, including, indulgent, indulging, indulines, julienned, kundalini, loudening, nonfluids, nonliquid, trundling, unaligned, unblinded, underlain, underline, underling, unfolding, unhandily, unleading, unloading, unmindful, unmingled, unmolding. | |
+4 letters: annualized, blundering, concluding, dauntingly, delinquent, enduringly, foundlings, groundling, indulgence, influenced, kundalinis, laundering, nodulation, nonliquids, plundering, soundingly, unbridling, unbuilding, unbundling, uncalcined, uncandidly, unclinched, unclouding, undeniable, undeniably, underlined, underlines, underlings, underlying, undoubling, undulating, undulation, unendingly, unfadingly, unfindable, unfriendly, uninflated, uninvolved, unkindlier, unlicensed, unriddling, unsaddling, unyielding. | |
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