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upland sandpiper

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noun

  1. a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.

Etymology

Origin of upland sandpiper

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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Others on his growing worry list include the bobolink, the upland sandpiper and the loggerhead shrike.

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