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sanderling

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Main Entry:
sand·er·ling 
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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


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