单词 | sanderling |
释义 | sanderling /san"deuhr ling/, n. a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches. [1595-1605; SAND + -erling, repr. OE yrthling kind of bird (perh. a plover), lit., plowman (cf. obs. E earthling plowman), equiv. to yrth plowing, tilling (deriv. of erian to plow, EAR3; for -th, cf. BIRTH) + -ling -LING1] |
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