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Redback

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The red-backed sandpiper, or American dunlin. A. Wilson. See cut under dunlin.
  • noun. The pectoral sandpiper, Tringa maculata.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The dunlin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, endemic to Australia.
  • noun. A brown and white sandpiper, Calidris alpina, native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin.
  • noun. the yuan (CNY), the currency of the People's Republic of China (Red Chinese money)
  • Word Usage
    "Queensland spider expert Robert Raven says he is surprised that the redback, which is not natural to Queensland, is causing such a disturbance even with the high humidity."
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