sanderling

[ san-der-ling ]

noun

1. a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.

sanderling

/ ˈsændəlɪŋ /

noun

1. a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanderling¹

1595–1605; sand + -erling, representing Old English yrthling kind of bird (perhaps a plover), literally, plowman (compare obsolete English earthling plowman), equivalent to yrth plowing, tilling (derivative of erian to plow, ear ³; for -th, birth ) + -ling -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanderling¹

C17: perhaps from sand + Old English erthling, eorthling earthling

Example Sentences

The Sanderling is one of the most widely spread of all the Arctic Grallæ during its winter migration.

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In its winter plumage, in which we usually see it, it is likely to be confused with the northern phalarope or the sanderling.

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It is appreciably different from the call of any other sandpiper known to me, although not so very unlike that of the sanderling.

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The note of the sanderling is a soft ket, ket, ket, uttered singly or in series somewhat querulous in tone.

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The sanderling is a rather silent bird at all times and seems to have a comparatively limited vocabulary.

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