UPLAND SANDPIPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upland sandpiper mean? 

• UPLAND SANDPIPER (noun)
  The noun UPLAND SANDPIPER has 1 sense:

1. large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands

  Familiarity information: UPLAND SANDPIPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPLAND SANDPIPER (noun)

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Meaning:

Large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bartramia longicauda; Bartramian sandpiper; upland plover; upland sandpiper

Hypernyms ("upland sandpiper" is a kind of...):

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

Holonyms ("upland sandpiper" is a member of...):

Bartramia; genus Bartramia (a genus of Scolopacidae)