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Definition of plover

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Plover (n.) 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..

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Frostbird :: Frostbird (n.) The golden plover.

Quaily :: Quaily (n.) The upland plover.

Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..

Limicolae :: Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae..

Dotterel :: Dotterel (v. i.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler..

Sea Plover :: Sea plover () the black-bellied plover.

Dulwilly :: Dulwilly (n.) The ring plover.

Sea Cock :: Sea cock () The black-bellied plover.

Stonerunner :: Stonerunner (n.) The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel..

Drome :: Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher..

Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The golden plover and the gray plover.

Squeamish :: Squealer (n.) The American golden plover.

Sanderling :: Sanderling (n.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover..

Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) The golden plover.

Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..

Toadhead :: Toadhead (n.) The golden plover.

Killdeer :: Killdeer (n.) A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera).

Pratincole :: Pratincole (n.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidae, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail..

Grallae :: Grallae (n. pl.) An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores..

Papabote :: Papabote (n.) The upland plover.