sanderling

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

bécasseau sanderling

gros maringouin blanc

Synonymes

Crocethia alba

common sandpiper

red-necked stint

sharp-tailed sandpiper

grey-tailed tattler

wandering tattler

Swinhoe’s snipe

black-fronted plover

red-kneed dotterel

Traductions

correlimos tridáctilo

piovanello tridattilo

Calidris alba

territ de tres dits

Crocethia alba

Gallinago megala

Tringa glareola

Limosa limosa

Erythrogonys cinctus

Étymologie (Anglais)

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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