Main Entry:

sand·er·ling

Pronunciation:

\ˈsan-dər-liŋ\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

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

Date:

1602

: a small widely distributed sandpiper (Calidris alba) with pale gray and white plumage in winter