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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanderling
San′der-ling
,Noun.
[
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Sanderling
SAND'ERLING
,Noun.