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green plover
green plover
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Word History and Origins
Origin of green plover1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
The Lapwing, or Green Plover, makes a very simple nest, only scratching a hole and lining it with bent or short grass.
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As a table bird it is more dainty even than the green plover, and fetches a higher price.
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Other English names are green plover and hornpie—the latter from its long hornlike crest and pied plumage.
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Waterfowl; grey and green plover; also duck and snipe, rabbits, &c., by permission of farmers.
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For the green plover is one of the commonest of British birds, and is greatly on the increase.
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