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Noun: Calidris melanotos
  1. American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
    "The male Calidris melanotos puffed up its chest in an elaborate courtship display";
    - pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe

Type of: sandpiper

Part of: Calidris, genus Calidris

Encyclopedia: Calidris melanotos