sand·er·ling (s n d r-l ng)n. A small shore bird (Crocethia alba) related to the sandpipers, having predominantly gray and white plumage. |
sanderling [ˈsændəlɪŋ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores
[perhaps from sand + Old English erthling, eorthling earthling]
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| Noun | 1. |  sanderling - small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of worldsandpiper - 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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