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sanderling

[ san-der-ling ]

noun

  1. a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.


sanderling

/ ˈsændəlɪŋ /

noun

  1. a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanderling1

1595–1605; sand + -erling, representing Old English yrthling kind of bird (perhaps a plover), literally, plowman (compare obsolete English earthling plowman), equivalent to yrth plowing, tilling (derivative of erian to plow, ear 3; for -th, birth ) + -ling -ling 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanderling1

C17: perhaps from sand + Old English erthling, eorthling earthling
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Example Sentences

The Sanderling is one of the most widely spread of all the Arctic Grallæ during its winter migration.

In its winter plumage, in which we usually see it, it is likely to be confused with the northern phalarope or the sanderling.

It is appreciably different from the call of any other sandpiper known to me, although not so very unlike that of the sanderling.

The note of the sanderling is a soft ket, ket, ket, uttered singly or in series somewhat querulous in tone.

The sanderling is a rather silent bird at all times and seems to have a comparatively limited vocabulary.

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