sanderling

First recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English sand + Old English yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.

sanderling (plural sanderlings)

A sanderling.

1. A small wading bird, Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.

• slandering

sanderling m (plural sanderlings)

1. sanderling

• “sanderling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.