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Dutch
Etymology
From zand (“sand”) + loper (“walker, runner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɑntˌloː.pər/
- Hyphenation: zand‧lo‧per
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
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