dunlin
noun/ˈdʌnlɪn/
/ˈdʌnlɪn/
- a small bird with a long beak that lives near waterTopics Birdsc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from dun + -ling, from the greyish-brown winter colouring of its upper parts.
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