sanderling

sand·er·ling

 (săn′dər-lĭng)

n.

A small shorebird (Calidris alba) found on sandy beaches almost worldwide, having predominantly gray and white plumage.

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[Perhaps from sand + -ling.]

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sanderling

(ˈsændəlɪŋ)

n

(Animals) a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores

[C17: perhaps from sand + Old English erthling, eorthling earthling]

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sand•er•ling

(ˈsæn dər lɪŋ)

n.

a small sandpiper, Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and frequents sandy beaches in the winter.

[1595–1605; sand + -erling, representing Old English yrthling kind of bird]

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1.

sanderling - small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world Crocethia alba sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Crocethia, genus Crocethia - a genus of Scolopacidae

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sanderling