dunlin
/duhn-lin/US // ˈdʌn lɪn //UK // (ˈdʌnlɪn) //
邓林,敦煌网,邓琳,敦煌鸟
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : 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.
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