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Finnish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
Noun
sirri
- sandpiper, stint, knot, dunlin (small wading birds primarily in the genus Calidris but also in three related genera Eurynorhynchus, Aechmorhynchus and Prosobonia, see list below under Derived terms)
- (in the plural) the genus Calidris.
Usage notes
In addition to the genera listed above, in English "sandpiper" appears in common names of birds also in genera Bartramia, Tringa, Xenus and Actitis.
Declension
Derived terms
- amerikansirri (“Calidris minutilla, least sandpiper”)
- beringinsirri (“Calidris ptilocnemis, rock sandpiper”)
- eskimosirri (“Calidris bairdii, Baird’s sandpiper”)
- isosirri (“Calidris canutus, red knot”)
- jänkäsirriäinen
- kanadansirri (“Calidris pusilla, semipalmated sandpiper”)
- kiritimatinsirri (“Aechmorhynchus cancellatus, Kiritimati sandpiper”)
- kuovisirri (“Calidris ferruginea, curlew sandpiper”)
- lapinsirri (“Calidris temminckii, Temminck’s stint”)
- lusikkasirri (“Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, spoon-billed sandpiper”)
- merisirri (“Calidris maritima, purple sandpiper”)
- mooreansirri (“Prosobonia ellisi, Moorean sandpiper”)
- palsasirri (“Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper”)
- pikkusirri (“Calidris minuta, little stint”)
- pitkäkoipisirri (“Calidris himantopus, stilt-sandpiper”)
- polynesiansirri (“bird of the genus Aechmorhynchus”)
- pulmussirri (“Calidris alba, sanderling”)
- rusokaulasirri (“Calidris ruficollis, red-necked stint”)
- seurasaartensirri (“bird of the genus Prosobonia”)
- siperiansirri (“Calidris subminuta, long-toed stint”)
- suippopyrstösirri (“Calidris acuminata, sharp-tailed sandpiper”)
- suosirri (“Calidris alpina, dunlin”)
- tahitinsirri (“Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper”)
- tuamotunsirri (“Aechmorhynchus parvirostris, Tuamotu sandpiper”)
- tundrasirri (“Calidris mauri, western sandpiper”)
- valkoperäsirri (“Calidris fuscicollis, white-rumped sandpiper”)
- vuorisirri (“Calidris tenuirostris, great knot”)
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