sanderling
英 ['sændəlɪŋ]
- n. 三趾鹬
英英释义
- 1. small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
英文词源
- 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").