Dŭn'lin, n.

noun

n. [Probably of Celtic origin. Cf. Gael. dūn, hill; Eng. dune, low sand-hill, and Gael. linne, Ir. linn, pool, pond, lake, lin, q. v.] (Ornith.) A bird, a species of sandpiper; the Tringa vulgaris. Pennant.

An illustration of a dunlin standing among grasses on a shoreline.
Dunlin.