Dun·lin n. Zool. A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.
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red-backed sandpiper
n : small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic
regions and winters in southern United States or
Mediterranean regions [syn: dunlin, Erolia alpina]