sanderling
Meaning
A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.
Synonyms
Crocethia alba
common sandpiper
red-necked stint
sharp-tailed sandpiper
grey-tailed tattler
wandering tattler
Swinhoe’s snipe
black-fronted plover
red-kneed dotterel
Translations
bécasseau sanderling
Sanderling
piovanello tridattilo
Calidris alba
correlimos tridáctilo
drieteenstrandloper
territ de tres dits Crocethia alba Elseyornis melanops Charadrius ruficapillus Calidris canutusEtymology
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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