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View synonyms for plover
plover
[ pluhv-er, ploh-ver ]
noun
- any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Compare dotterel ( def 1 ), killdeer, lapwing.
- any of various similar shorebirds, as the upland plover and other sandpipers.
plover
/ ˈplʌvə /
noun
- any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes
- any of similar and related birds, such as the Egyptian plover and the upland plover See crocodile bird
- green ploveranother name for lapwing
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plover1
C14: from Old French plovier rainbird, from Latin pluvia rain
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Example Sentences
It is interesting to notice a resemblance between this huge bird and our English wild duck or plover.
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Several yellow-legged plover were shot along the banks, but no attempt was made to bag ducks, as it was their breeding season.
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A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.
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The common tern and the greater sand-plover nested on the shingly islands in the river.
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Again the plover's notes, this time in the field immediately behind; repeated, too, in the field on the right hand.
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