Plover /(?)/
Plov·er
Plover
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. (Zool.)
- 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. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Bastard plover
- the lapwing.
- Long-legged plover
- See Tattler.
- Plover's page
- the dunlin.
- Rock plover
- the black-bellied plover.
- Whistling plover
- The golden plover