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sanderling

san·der·ling

uncommon

noun

1.

small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world

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First use appears c. 1602. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) + yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.

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