First Known Use: 1602
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sanderling
noun sand·er·ling \ˈsan-dər-liŋ\
Definition of SANDERLING
: a small widely distributed sandpiper (Calidris alba) with pale gray and white plumage in winter
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Origin of SANDERLING
sand + -erling, perhaps from Old English yrthling, kind of bird found in fields, literally, plowman, from yrth, earth plowing, from erian to plow — more at arable
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