Sanderling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sanderling
       n : small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates
           southward along sandy coasts in most of world [syn: {Crocethia
           alba}]