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Bartramian sandpiper

noun

large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands

• Syn: ↑upland sandpiper, ↑upland plover, ↑Bartramia longicauda

• Hypernyms: ↑sandpiper

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bartramia, ↑genus Bartramia

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noun or bartramian plover \(ˈ)bär|trāmēən-\

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: William Bartram + English -ian

: upland plover

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/bahr tray"mee euhn/.

See upland sandpiper.

[1805-15, Amer.; named after John BARTRAM; see -IAN]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.