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(noun) Calidris canutus, knot, grayback
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
(noun) Limnodromus griseus, grayback
a dowitcher with a grey back
(noun) Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel
`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