greyback

nouns

`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, greyback
a dowitcher with a grey back
Limnodromus griseus, grayback, greyback
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot