black-bellied plover
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black-bellied plover
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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But as the afternoon wears on and the water retreats, a crowd of little birds arrives to feast in the shallows: short-billed dowitchers, Western sandpipers, a black-bellied plover.
From Time ● Aug. 28, 2010
New York: Quail, woodcock, upland plover, golden plover, black-bellied plover, willet, dowitcher, red-breasted sandpiper, long-billed curlew, wood-duck, purple martin, redheaded woodpecker, mourning dove; gray squirrel, otter.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
The black-bellied plover or beetlehead, which occurred along the Atlantic seaboard in great numbers years ago, is now seen only as a straggler.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
The largest of the family Charadridæ is the black-bellied plover.
From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom
The black-bellied plover is reasonably common along the coast line, but it is not seen to any great extent in the interior valleys.
From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom
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