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SANDERLING

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

• SANDERLING (noun)

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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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