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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 uplands
Familiarity information: UPLAND PLOVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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