sanderling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
    Crocethia alba.

WordNet

San"der*ling noun
Etymology
Sand + 0ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913