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[syn: sanderling, Crocethia alba]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
seashore.] (Zool.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very
common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sanderling
n 1: small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates
southward along sandy coasts in most of world [syn:
sanderling, Crocethia alba]