zandloper
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- zandlooper (obsolete spelling)
Etymology edit
From zand (“sand”) + loper (“walker, runner”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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