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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
seashore.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very
common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
also {curwillet}, {sand lark}, {stint}, and {ruddy plover}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sanderling
n : small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates south
along sandy coasts in most of world [syn: {Crocethia alba}]
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