[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The spotted sandpiper of North and South America, Actitis macularia. Also (occasionally): the solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859), botanist. Imitative of the bird's call. Compare earlier peep, and also teeter, weet-weet