Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: Gray"back`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The California gray whale.
(b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.
(c) The dowitcher.
(d) The body louse.

Synonyms: Calidris canutus, Johnny, Johnny Reb, knot, Limnodromus griseus, Reb, Rebel

See Also: Calidris, Confederate soldier, dowitcher, genus Calidris, sandpiper

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