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单词 sanderling
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sanderlingn.

Brit. /ˈsandəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsændərlɪŋ/
Forms: Also 1600s sanderlin, 1600s, 1800s, sandling.
Etymology: Possibly representing Old English *sand-yrðling , < sand sand n.1 + yrðling ploughman (see earthling n.1), also the name of some bird (? the plover).
A small wading bird, Calidris arenaria.
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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 35 Coots, Sanderlings, Sea-larkes.
1623 N. H. in R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 114 The Fowles and Birds..of the Sea are..Teale, Snipes,..Sanderlins.
1684 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (ed. 15) 6 Sandlings, knot, curlew.
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 197 Sanderling, Charadrius calidris, Lin.
1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 34 I rather think, Sanderling,..is the name..tho' the fishermen call them Sandlings.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 259 A sanderling, the second migratory land-bird we have seen, came to our brig today.
1873 H. W. Longfellow Prel. in Aftermath i. 5 The plover, peep, and sanderling, That..pipe along the barren sands.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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