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Thesaurus: sanderling

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.

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  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.
  2. n. small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
  3. 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.
  4. A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) verycommon on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called alsocurwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
  5. n. small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world