SANDERLING

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Meaning:

Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world

Synonyms:

Crocethia alba; sanderling

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sanderling" is a kind of...):

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

Holonyms ("sanderling" is a member of...):

Crocethia; genus Crocethia (a genus of Scolopacidae)

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