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upland sandpiper

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upland sandpiper

–noun
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.


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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upland sandpiper  
n.  A large brownish sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) inhabiting the fields and uplands of southern Canada and the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Also called upland plover.
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