'Upland sandpiper' definitions:
Definition of 'upland sandpiper'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands [syn: upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda]
Definition of 'Upland sandpiper'
From: GCIDE
- 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]