sanderling

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsændəlɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(san′dər ling)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sand•er•ling  (san′dər ling),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsa common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
  • 1595–1605; sand + -erling, representing Old English yrthling kind of bird (perh. a plover), literally, plowman (compare obsolete English earthling plowman), equivalent. to yrth plowing, tilling (derivative of erian to plow, ear3; for -th, compare birth) + -ling -ling1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sanderling / ˈsændəlɪŋ/
  1. a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps from sand + Old English erthling, eorthling earthling

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