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Bartramian sandpiper

American  
[bahr-trey-mee-uhn] / bɑrˈtreɪ mi ən /

noun

  1. upland sandpiper.

Etymology

Origin of Bartramian sandpiper

1805–15, named after John Bartram; -ian

Example Sentences

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Greater yellow-leg is much scarcer than formerly, also Bartramian sandpiper.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

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