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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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