UPLAND SANDPIPER


Meaning of UPLAND SANDPIPER in English

a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers. Also called upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper .

[ 1825-35, Amer. ]

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