Definition of Bartramian sandpiper

1. Noun. Large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands.

Exact synonyms: Bartramia Longicauda, Upland Plover, Upland Sandpiper
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Bartramia, Genus Bartramia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartramian Sandpiper

Bartletts
Bartok
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolomeo Prignano
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Bartolommeo Eustachio
Barton
Barton's bandage
Barton's forceps
Barton's fracture
Bartonella anaemia
Bartonella bacilliformis
Bartram Juneberry
Bartramia
Bartramia longicauda
Bartramian sandpiper
Barts
Bartter's syndrome
Baruch
Baruch's law
Baruch de Spinoza
Baruga
Baryshnikov
Barzunian
Baré
Bas-Rhin
Basaa
Basan
Basan's syndrome
Basedow's disease

Literary usage of Bartramian sandpiper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Feathered Game: A Handbook of the North American Game Birds by Dwight Williams Huntington (1903)
"... PLOVER THE bartramian sandpiper of the ornithologists is the upland or field plover of the sportsmen. Wilson named it after his friend William Bartram, ..."

2. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"The Ruff is about the size of the bartramian sandpiper, and it also ... bartramian sandpiper. Hab. Eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia and Alaska. ..."

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