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upland sandpiper

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a large, short-billed sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) found in the fields and uplands of the interior of North and South America

formerly called upland plover

See upland sandpiper in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A large brownish sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) inhabiting the fields and uplands of southern Canada and the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Also called upland plover.

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