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UPLAND PLOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upland plover mean? 

UPLAND PLOVER (noun)
  The noun UPLAND PLOVER has 1 sense:

1. large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplandsplay

  Familiarity information: UPLAND PLOVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UPLAND PLOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bartramia longicauda; Bartramian sandpiper; upland plover; upland sandpiper

Hypernyms ("upland plover" is a kind of...):

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

Holonyms ("upland plover" is a member of...):

Bartramia; genus Bartramia (a genus of Scolopacidae)


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