Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small shore bird (Crocethia alba) related to the sandpipers, having predominantly gray and white plumage.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The three-toed sandpiper, or so-called ruddy plover, Calidris arenaria or Arenaria calidris, a small wading bird of the family Scolopacidæ, subfamily Scolopacinæ, and section Tringeæ, found on sandy beaches of all parts of the world. It is white, much varied with black or gray on the upper parts, and in the breeding-season suffused with rufous on the head, neck, and back; the bill and feet are black. It is from 7½ to 8 inches long, 15½ in extent of wing. This is the only sandpiper without a hind toe, whence it was sometimes classed as a plover.
Wiktionary
- n. A small wading bird, Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world. A type of stint.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also
curwillet ,sand lark ,stint , andruddy plover .
WordNet 3.0
- n. small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
Etymologies
- Perhaps from sand + -ling1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The name sanderling comes from the Icelandic, "sanderla," which alludes to the birds' sandy habitat according to the Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.”
“When the tide is out a huge expanse of mud is left exposed on this flat landscape, giving the perfect opportunity for wading birds such as sanderling to feast themselves on the variety of marine invertebrates that call this mud home.”
“Then, just metres away, lands one of the most entertaining of wading birds, the starling-sized sanderling.”
“A flock of winter-pale sanderling are feeding along the sea's ever changing margin.”
“There are a few terrestrial animals restricted to the high Arctic such as the sanderling (Calidris alba) and a common Collembola, Vertagopus brevicaudus.”
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic
“Vegetation scenarios derived from the HadCM2GSa1 model project that 76% of tundra bean goose (Anser fabalis rossicus/serrirostris) habitat will be affected by the alteration of tundra vegetation, while only 5% of sanderling habitat will be affected [28].”
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges
“However, the sanderling, similar to many other high-arctic breeders, might be affected even more strongly, as southern tundra habitat types are projected to replace their specific high-arctic habitats.”
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges
“Among the most abundant shorebirds in the slough are the western sandpiper, least sandpiper, marbled godwit, dowitchers, willet, American avocet, black-bellied plover, sanderling and long-billed curlew.”
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, California
“My first plover warden shift of the season and a flock of them and two sanderling friends shows up fresh from migration.”
“A sanderling searches for food at Red River Beach in Harwich.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sanderling’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Sand
A nitty-gritty list for words containing sand-, -sand-, or -sand; and apropos terms and phrases. Your contributions are welcome.
sand-blast, sand-jet, greensand, sandpaper, sandlot, sandstorm, sandbar, sandbag, sandwich, sandwort, Cassandra, sandhog and 218 more...
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Migration
Sandhill Crane, Canada Goose, lemmings, monarch butterfly, garter snakes, salmon, anadromous, catadromous, eels, gnu, gray whales, cedar waxwing and 18 more...
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More Bird Wirds: North America
Birds endemic to the United States and/or North America.
toucan, peacock, weaver, bullfinch, redpoll, siskin, crossbill, finch, rosy-finch, oriole, cowbird, blackbird and 213 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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-ling
sapling, inkling, changeling, sheiling, quisling, seedling, darkling, starling, dwindling, darling, starveling, riesling and 6 more...
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water
ocean, queequeg, rain, acqua, squid, paxillosida, blue beach glass, haar, iceblink, tashtego, squall, wave and 81 more...
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