erolia alpina

1. 1.

   small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

   Synonymsred-backed sandpiperdunlin

   Broadersandpiper

   Part ofErolia

Questions about erolia alpina

What does erolia alpina mean?

erolia alpina means "small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions".

What is another word for erolia alpina?

Close synonyms include red-backed sandpiper, dunlin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erolia alpina a common word?

erolia alpina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.