tringoid (tringgoid)

[ Tringoides (tring-goi'dēz), n. [NL.(Bonaparte, 1831), IMG:content-0891.png:[graphic] Spotted Sandpiper (Tringoides macular i us). parts are Quaker-color, finely marked with black; the under parts are white, crowded with round black spots; the bill is pale-yellow, tipped with black, and the feet are flesh-colored. This sandpiper abounds in suitable places throughout the United States, breeds at large in its North American range, and lays four eggs in a slight nest on the ground. It is familiarly known as the sand - lark, peetweet (from its cry), and teeter tail, tilt - up, tip - up, from its habit of jetting the tail.