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sanderling
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sand·er·ling  (sndr-lng)
n.
A small shore bird (Crocethia alba) related to the sandpipers, having predominantly gray and white plumage.
[Perhaps from sand + -ling.]
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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Noun1.sanderling - small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of worldsanderling - 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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