sanderling

[san-der-ling]

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noun

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

Origin of sanderling

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, ear³; for -th, cf. birth) + -ling -ling¹

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There can be little doubt that the Sanderling migrates by night.
British Sea Birds
Charles Dixon
To the four named might properly be added other two species—the sanderling and the little stint.
Unexplored Spain
Abel Chapman
Indeed for the society of the latter birds the Sanderling shows a strongly marked preference.
British Sea Birds
Charles Dixon
But very little is known of the nesting habits of the Sanderling, and few of its eggs are in collections.
British Sea Birds
Charles Dixon
In its winter plumage, in which we usually see it, it is likely to be confused with the northern phalarope or the sanderling.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)
Arthur Cleveland Bent

British Dictionary definitions for sanderling

sanderling

noun

a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for sanderling

n.

wading bird (Crocethia alba), c.1600, probably from sand (n.) + a diminutive suffix, but OED suggests possible derivation from Old English *sand-yrðling, with second element yrðling "plowman" (literally "earthling").

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Examples from the Web for sanderling

Historical Examples

There can be little doubt that the Sanderling migrates by night.

To the four named might properly be added other two species—the sanderling and the little stint.

Indeed for the society of the latter birds the Sanderling shows a strongly marked preference.

But very little is known of the nesting habits of the Sanderling, and few of its eggs are in collections.

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

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