ˈba(a)(ə)rdz-, ˈbe(ə)r- noun
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: after Spencer F. Baird died 1888 American zoologist
: a small migratory sandpiper ( Erolia bairdii ) chiefly of western No. America that breeds in the arctic tundras and winters in So. America and is mottled buff and gray with a dark rump and a short slender bill