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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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, greyback]

2. a dowitcher with a grey back;
[syn: greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus]

3. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere;
[syn: knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

greyback n 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, greyback] 2: a dowitcher with a grey back [syn: greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus] 3: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [syn: knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus]