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sanderling

[ san-der-ling ]
/ ˈsæn dər lɪŋ /

noun

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

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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

Words nearby sanderling

sand dollar, Sande, sand eel, sandek, sander, sanderling, Sanderson, S.&F., sandfish, sand flea, sand-floated
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British Dictionary definitions for sanderling

sanderling
/ (ˈsændəlɪŋ) /

noun

a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores

Word Origin for sanderling

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