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

Derived forms: pectoral sandpipers

Type of: sandpiper

Part of: Calidris, genus Calidris

Encyclopedia: Pectoral sandpiper