greyback
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
`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
Types & categories
- Confederate soldier hypernym
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 2 noun
a dowitcher with a grey back
Types & categories
- dowitcher hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Types & categories
- sandpiper hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Calidris member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | Confederate soldier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dowitcher |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Calidris |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sandpiper |