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Grayback

Grayback Meaning & Definition
Grayback Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grayback?

[n] sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
[n] a dowitcher with a gray back
[n] (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grayback: Calidris canutus | Johnny | Johnny Reb | knot | Limnodromus griseus | Reb | Rebel

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See Also | Calidris | Confederate soldier | dowitcher | genus Calidris | sandpiper

Grayback In Webster's Dictionary

\Gray"back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse.

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