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SANDERLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sanderling mean?
• SANDERLING (noun)
The noun SANDERLING has 1 sense:
1. small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
Familiarity information: SANDERLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crocethia alba; sanderling
Hypernyms ("sanderling" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Holonyms ("sanderling" is a member of...):
Crocethia; genus Crocethia (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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