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Definition of Stilt plover
1. Noun. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird, Shore Bird, Shorebird
Group relationships: Genus Himantopus, Himantopus
Specialized synonyms: Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus Mexicanus, Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus Himantopus, Himantopus Himantopus Leucocephalus, White-headed Stilt, Himantopus Novae-zelandiae, Kaki
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilt Plover
Literary usage of Stilt plover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"20, &c. ; Ritter and Preller, Hist. Philos., p. 181, &c.) STILT-PLOVER. [PLOVERS,
vol. xviii., p. 285. ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"It must be matter of great curiosity to see the stilt plover move; to observe
how it can wield such a length of lever with such feeble muscles as the thighs ..."
3. Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy by William Bingley (1805)
"TH£ LONG-LEGGED OR STILT PLOvER*. Of the stilt plover Mr. White has given us a
very pleasing description : " In the last week of April 1779, five of these ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"It must be matter of great curiosity to see the stilt plover move; to observe
how it can wield such a length of lever with such feeble muscles as the thighs ..."
5. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"... STILT-PLOVER, a wading ouii ... The stilt- bird of Great Britain is the H
imán- Stilt-Plover ..."
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