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noun small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
originFirst recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) + yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0