[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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