greyback

(ˈɡreɪˌbæk) or

grayback

(Animals) any of various animals having a grey back, such as the grey whale and the hooded crow

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Noun	1.	greyback - `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 Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
	2.	greyback - a dowitcher with a grey back grayback, Limnodromus griseus dowitcher - shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
	3.	greyback - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Calidris canutus, grayback, knot sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Calidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae

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