1. small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world; [syn: sanderling, Crocethia alba]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Crocethia alba
n 1: small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates
southward along sandy coasts in most of world [syn:
sanderling, Crocethia alba]