greyback, n.
(greybacks)
(greybacks)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
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Calidris canutus grayback greyback knot
a dowitcher with a grey back
<noun.animal>
Limnodromus griseus grayback greyback
semantic pointers
hypernym
`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
<noun.person>
Johnny Johnny Reb Reb Rebel greyback