Sandpiper n. : Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.

Sandpiper n. : A small lamprey eel; the pride.

Example:
Can anyone tell me what the migration route is for the Rock Sandpiper?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
Sandpiper, at around 11 centimetres in length, to the Eastern Curlew, at 66 centimetres in length. ... right tarsometatarsus of a bird roughly similar to a Pectoral Sandpiper. Probably calidrid or basal to them, somewhat reminiscent of turnstones: ...