spotted sandpiper(n = noun.animal) actitis macularia - common North American sandpiper;
is a kind of sandpiper
is a member of actitis, genus actitis

bartramian sandpiper, chihuahuan spotted whiptail, common spotted orchid, curlew sandpiper, european sandpiper, least sandpiper, little spotted skunk, pectoral sandpiper, red-backed sandpiper, rocky mountain spotted fever, sandpiper, sea sandpiper, spotted, spotted antbird, spotted bat, spotted black bass, spotted coral root, spotted cowbane, spotted crake, spotted cranesbill, spotted dick, spotted eagle ray, spotted fever, spotted flycatcher, spotted gum, spotted hemlock, spotted hyena, spotted joe-pye weed, spotted lynx, spotted owl, spotted ray, spotted salamander, spotted sea trout, spotted skunk, spotted squeateague, spotted sunfish, spotted water hemlock, spotted weakfish, upland sandpiper