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sanderling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
sander-ling
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

First use appears c. 1602. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) + yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.

Origin

Inflected Forms

sanderlings (plural)

Synonyms

crocethia alba

Questions

What does sanderling mean?
A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.
Where does sanderling come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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