Meanings
nounpurple sandpiper (plural purple sandpipers)
plural purple sandpipers
- A type of sandpiper, Calidris maritima.
Importunate with his own kind, garrulous with others…So might one describe the purple sandpiper and so men describe me…
2011, Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb, From the Mouth of a Whale, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 11
Translations
Catalan territ fosc
- territ foscCalidris maritima
Dutch paarse strandloper
- paarse strandloperCalidris maritima
Finnish merisirri
- merisirriCalidris maritima
Icelandic sendlingur
- sendlingurCalidris maritima
Irish gobadán cosbhuí
- gobadán cosbhuíCalidris maritima
Norwegian fjæreplytt
- fjæreplyttCalidris maritima
Polish biegus morski
- biegus morskiCalidris maritima
Russian морско́й песо́чник
- морско́й песо́чник (morskój pesóčnik)Calidris maritima
Slovak pobrežník morský
- pobrežník morskýCalidris maritima
Swedish skärsnäppa
- skärsnäppaCalidris maritima
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APA
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“purple sandpiper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20sandpiper. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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