greyback
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 • Syn: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Hypernyms: Confederate soldier 2. a dowitcher with a grey back • Syn: grayback, Limnodromus griseus • Hypernyms: dowitcher 3. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere • Syn: knot, grayback, Calidris canutus • Hypernyms: sandpiper • Member Holonyms: Calidris, genus Calidris
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