Found 2 items, similar to Sanderling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sanderling
sanderling
n : small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates
southward along sandy coasts in most of world [syn:
Crocethia alba
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sanderling
Sanderling
\San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
seashore.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper (
Calidris arenaria) very
common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
also
curwillet,
sand lark,
stint, and
ruddy plover.
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