Definition of Shorebirds

1. Noun. (plural of shorebird) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shorebirds

1. shorebird [n] - See also: shorebird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorebirds

shore duty
shore fly
shore lark
shore leave
shore patrol
shore pine
shore pit viper
shore plover
shore plum
shore snipe
shore station
shore teetan
shore thistle
shore up
shorebird
shorebirds (current term)
shorebound
shored
shoreface
shorefront
shorefronts
shorelark
shoreless
shorelike
shoreline
shorelines
shoreman
shoremen
shorer
shorers

Literary usage of Shorebirds

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

1. Ecosystem Matters: Activity and Resource Guide for Environmental Educators by Mary Adams (1995)
"shorebirds must prepare themselves physically for their strenuous migrations. ... shorebirds feed almost constantly for two weeks, often doubling their ..."

2. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"Turnstone (Arenaria inter pres). Upland plover (Bartramia longicauda). shorebirds are fond of other insect pests of forage and grain crops, including the ..."

3. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"The data on the breeding and wintering of the shorebirds has been collated from all available printed sources, from the manuscript reports of the field ..."

4. Birds of North Americaby Jim Roetzel by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"Honeymoon Island, Florida Oystercatchers shy away from other shorebirds while ... These large shorebirds feature downward-curving bills that can be over ..."

5. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1915)
"The problem of protecting our shorebirds is complicated by their extended ... Few shorebirds put less than a thousand miles between their winter and summer ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Thus, to show the insufficiency of the data on the breeding and wintering of certain of the shorebirds, he states that the Northern Phalarope "is a common ..."

7. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"WL McAtee, in a recent circular of the Biological Survey, sums up our knowledge of the office of shorebirds in the control of mosquitoes as follows: ..."

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