User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- a brown and white sandpiper, Calidris alpina, native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin
Extensive Definition
Redback, Redbacked, Red Back, Red-back or
Red-backed may refer to:
In birds:
- Red-backed Button-quail (Turnix maculosus), species of bird in the Turnicidae family
- Red-backed hawk (Buteo polyosoma), species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus), species of bird in the Maluridae family, endemic to Australia
- Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygia), species of bird in the Alcedinidae family, endemic to Australia
- Red-backed Mousebird (Colius castanotus), species of bird in the Coliidae family
- Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), species of bird in the Laniidae family
- Red-backed Thrush (Zoothera erythronota), species of bird in the Turdidae family
In other organisms
- Northern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), species of salamander found in eastn North America
- Southern Redback Salamander (Plethodon serratus), species of salamander found in the USA
- Redbacked jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni), species of jumping spider found in North America
- Redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), species of spider found in Australia
- Red-backed Bearded Saki (Chiropotes chiropotes), species of bearded saki found in South America
- Red-backed Toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea), species of frog found in Australia
- Red-backed
vole, several species of vole found in North America, Europe
and Asia
- Grey Red-backed Vole (Myodes rufocanus)
- Hokkaido Red-backed Vole (Myodes rex)
- Korean Red-backed Vole (Myodes regulus)
- Northern Red-backed Vole (Myodes rutilus)
- Southern Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi)
- Tien Shan Red-backed Vole (Myodes centralis)
- Western Red-backed Vole (Myodes californicus)
In sport:
- Frankfurt Redbacks, Australian rules football club based in Frankfurt, Germany
- Glasgow Redbacks, Australian rules football club based in Glasgow, Scotland
- Southern Redbacks, Australian cricket team
- Romsey Football Club (nicknamed the "Redbacks"), Australian rules football club based in Romsey, Victoria, Australia
Other:
- Red Back Fever, 1991 album by The Angels
- Redback Networks, telecommunications equipment company
- Texas Redbacks, paper money issued between 1839 and 1840 in the Republic of Texas
- The Australian twenty dollar note, sometimes referred to as a redback