greyback

Noun
  1. `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 (synset 110647730)
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is a type of: confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
    same as: johnny, johnny reb, reb, rebel
  2. A dowitcher with a grey back (synset 102035862)
    is a type of: dowitcher - shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
    same as: grayback, limnodromus griseus
  3. A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere (synset 102031554)
    is a type of: sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
    belongs to: calidris, genus calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae
    same as: calidris canutus, grayback, knot

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