Found 2 hits - Term: bartramian sandpiper, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
upland \up"land\, a.
1. of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
1913 webster
sometimes, with secure delight
the upland hamlets will invite. --milton.
1913 webster
2. pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. obs.w2
" the race of upland giants." --chapman.
1913 webster
upland moccasin. zool. see moccasin.
upland sandpiper, or upland plover zool., a large
american sandpiper bartramia longicauda much valued as
a game bird. unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
and uplands. called also bartramian sandpiper,
bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover,
highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie
plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote,
quaily, and uplander.
upland sumach bot., a north american shrub of the genus
rhus rhus glabra, used in tanning and dyeing.
1913 webster
see also:
upland moccasin moccasin upland sandpiper upland plover bartramia longicauda bartramian sandpiper
bartram's tattler field plover grass plover highland plover hillbird
humility prairie plover prairie pigeon prairie snipe papabote
quaily uplander upland sumach rhus glabra
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bartramian sandpiper
n : large plover-like sandpiper of north american fields and
uplands syn: upland sandpiper, upland plover, bartramia
longicauda
see also:
upland sandpiper upland plover bartramia longicauda
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