 grayback |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (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: | Rebel Reb Johnny Johnny_Reb | |
| Related terms: | Confederate_soldier colloquialism | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (zoology) a dowitcher with a gray back | |
| Synonyms: | Limnodromus_griseus | |
| Related terms: | dowitcher | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere | |
| Synonyms: | Calidris_canutus knot | |
| Related terms: | sandpiper Calidris | |
| Similar spelling: |
gripsack Grubaugh |
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