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Textual thesaurus for "greyback"

(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