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. [1913 Webster]