teeter-tail

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A sandpiper; a tiltup or tip-up; the spotted sandpiper, Tringoides macularius: so called from the characteristic see-saw motion of the hind parts. See cut under Tringoides.

Wiktionary

1. n. A bird, the spotted sandpiper.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under sandpiper.