PECTORAL SANDPIPER


Meaning of PECTORAL SANDPIPER in English

an American sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, the male of which, when courting, inflates its chest conspicuously.

[ 1820-30, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .