Bartramian sandpiper

[ bahr-trey-mee-uhn ]

Origin of Bartramian sandpiper

1
1805–15, Americanism; named after John Bartram; see -ian

Words Nearby Bartramian sandpiper

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How to use Bartramian sandpiper in a sentence

  • Greater yellow-leg is much scarcer than formerly, also Bartramian sandpiper.

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  • The Bartramian sandpiper even now is a great factor each summer in checking the increasing locusts on our prairies.