Definition of Plover
1. Noun. Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers.
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird,
Shore Bird,
ShorebirdGroup relationships: Charadriidae,
Family CharadriidaeSpecialized synonyms: Charadrius Melodus,
Piping Plover,
Charadrius Vociferus,
Kildeer,
Killdeer,
Killdeer Plover,
Charadrius Morinellus,
Dotrel,
Dotterel,
Eudromias Morinellus,
Golden Plover,
Green Plover,
Lapwing,
Peewit,
Pewit,
Turnstone Definition of Plover
1. n. Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridæ, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsæ. They are prized as game birds.
Definition of Plover
1. Noun. Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plover
1. a shore bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Plover
1.
1. Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.
2. Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.
Among the more important species are the blackbellied, or blackbreasted, plover (Charadrius squatarola) of America and Europe; called also gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, sea plover, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under Golden); the ring or ringed plover (aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The piping plover (aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover (ae. Wilsonia); the mountain plover (ae. Montana); and the semipalmated plover (ae. Semipalmata), are all small American species.
Bastard plover, the lapwing. Long-legged, or yellow-legged, plover. See Tattler. Plover's page, the dunlin. Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover. Whistling plover. The golden plover. The black-bellied plover.
Origin: OF. Plovier, F. Pluvier, prop, the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. Pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. Float, G. Fliessen to flow. See Float.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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