English Explanatory Dictionary

sanderling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.

Word forms

sanderling sanderlings

Etymology

First recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) + yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.

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