sanderling (redirected from sanderlings)

sand·er·ling  (sndr-lng)

n.

A small shore bird (Crocethia alba) related to the sandpipers, having predominantly gray and white plumage.

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[Perhaps from sand + -ling.]

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Noun

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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