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sanderling (n.)
wading bird (
Crocethia alba
), c. 1600, probably from
sand
(n.) + diminutive suffix
-ling
, but OED suggests possible derivation from Old English
*sand-yrðling
, with second element
yrðling
"plowman" (literally "earthling").
