greyback

Noun

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

• a dowitcher with a grey back

• `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

Related words

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