greybacks

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
• a dowitcher with a grey back
• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
• plural of greyback

Synonyms

Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, Johnny, Johnny Reb, knot, Limnodromus griseus, Reb, Rebel