sanderling

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Etymology

First recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) +‎ yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

sanderling (plural sanderlings)

1. A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.

Translations

Calidris alba

Bulgarian: трипръст брегобегач m (triprǎst bregobegač) Catalan: territ de tres dits m Chinese: Mandarin: 三趾濱鷸 / 三趾滨鹬 (sānzhǐbīnyù) Dutch: drieteenstrandloper (nl) m Finnish: pulmussirri (fi) French: bécasseau sanderling (fr) m German: Sanderling (de) m Icelandic: sanderla (is) f Irish: luatharán m Korean: 세가락도요 (segarakdoyo) Norman: albette f, couotheux d'grève m Old English: sand-yrðling Polish: piaskowiec (pl) m Portuguese: maçarico-branco Romanian: nisipar (ro) m Russian: песча́нка (ru) f (pesčánka) Spanish: playero (es) m, correlimos m Swedish: sandlöpare (sv) c

Anagrams

• slandering

French

Noun

sanderling m (plural sanderlings)

1. sanderling

Further reading

• “sanderling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.