'Sanderling' definitions:
Definition of 'sanderling'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world [syn: sanderling, Crocethia alba]
Definition of 'Sanderling'
From: GCIDE
- 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]