sand lark

noun

1

: any of numerous Asiatic larks (genus Alaudula) having short toes

2

British : a small sandpiper or plover (as a ring plover, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper)

3

: an Australian plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)

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