sanderling

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.

Συνώνυμα

Crocethia alba

common sandpiper

red-necked stint

sharp-tailed sandpiper

grey-tailed tattler

wandering tattler

Swinhoe’s snipe

black-fronted plover

red-kneed dotterel

Μεταφράσεις

bécasseau sanderling

piovanello tridattilo

Calidris alba

correlimos tridáctilo

territ de tres dits

Crocethia alba

Elseyornis melanops

Charadrius ruficapillus

Calidris canutus

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

First recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) + yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.

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