sandpiper

noun

1. any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.

noun

1. any of numerous N hemisphere shore birds of the genera Tringa, Calidris, etc, typically having a long slender bill and legs and cryptic plumage: family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes
2. any other bird of the family Scolopacidae, which includes snipes and woodcocks

n.1670s, from sand (n.) + piper.