noun
- (n.) (`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)
- synonyms: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny
- A dowitcher with a grey back.
- synonyms: grayback, Limnodromus griseus
- A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
- synonyms: knot, grayback, Calidris canutus
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