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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands;
[syn: upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

upland sandpiper n 1: large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands [syn: upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda]