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Definition of Sanderling
1. Noun. Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world.
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Crocethia, Genus Crocethia
Definition of Sanderling
1. n. 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.
Definition of Sanderling
1. Noun. A small wading bird, ''Calidris alba'', that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world. A type of stint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sanderling
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Medical Definition of Sanderling
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanderling
Literary usage of Sanderling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"JAA Chapman on Changes of Plumage in the Dunlin and sanderling.1— There is no
uncertain ring about the ... The Dunlin (Tringa alpina) and the sanderling ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1894)
"22) sundry errors respecting the sanderling are published, which ought not to be
allowed to remain unconnected. First, the existence of two races of the ..."
3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"The sanderling is as yet the only species of its genus. ... Common sanderling,
Shaw's ZooL 11. 490. pL 35. winter plumage.—Flem. sp. 162. Br. Anim. 1. 112. ..."
4. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"The sanderling is pretty frequent on OUT shores during spring, ... "When we have
observed the sanderling, it has generally been in small parties, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1898)
"The animal molt of the sanderling, 332, 368. Report of the Ornithological Section,
550. Van Denburgh, John. Reptiles of Sonora, Sinaloa and Jalisco, Mexico, ..."
6. Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton: Giving a by Edward Thomas Booth (1876)
"sanderling.—(WINTER). Case 164. The sanderlings in winter plumage were obtained
on the ... The sanderling visits us in the spring, on the way to its distant ..."
7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"JAA Chapman on Changes of Plumage in the Dunlin and sanderling.1— There is no
uncertain ring about the ... The Dunlin (Tringa alpina) and the sanderling ..."
8. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1894)
"22) sundry errors respecting the sanderling are published, which ought not to be
allowed to remain unconnected. First, the existence of two races of the ..."
9. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"The sanderling is as yet the only species of its genus. ... Common sanderling,
Shaw's ZooL 11. 490. pL 35. winter plumage.—Flem. sp. 162. Br. Anim. 1. 112. ..."
10. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"The sanderling is pretty frequent on OUT shores during spring, ... "When we have
observed the sanderling, it has generally been in small parties, ..."
11. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1898)
"The animal molt of the sanderling, 332, 368. Report of the Ornithological Section,
550. Van Denburgh, John. Reptiles of Sonora, Sinaloa and Jalisco, Mexico, ..."
12. Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton: Giving a by Edward Thomas Booth (1876)
"sanderling.—(WINTER). Case 164. The sanderlings in winter plumage were obtained
on the ... The sanderling visits us in the spring, on the way to its distant ..."
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