zandloper
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Dutch
Alternative forms
- zandlooper (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From zand (“sand”) + loper (“walker, runner”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zandloper m (plural zandlopers, diminutive zandlopertje n)
- hourglass, egg timer
- Synonym: uurglas
- Synonym of strandplevier
- Synonym of strandleeuwerik
- a tiger beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae, in particular one of the genus Cicindela
- Synonym: zandloopkever
- (clarification of this definition is needed) a protective ship part