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