grayback Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dowitcher with a grey back
    Limnodromus griseus; greyback.
  2. noun a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
    greyback; knot; Calidris canutus.

WordNet


Gray"back` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse.

Webster 1913