black-bellied plover

American  

[blak-bel-eed] / ˈblækˌbɛl id /

noun

1. a large plover, Pluvialis squatarola, of both the New and Old Worlds, having black underparts when in nuptial plumage.

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Etymology

Origin of black-bellied plover

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

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

It is a birders' ecstasy for a few minutes�a blue-winged teal, a pectoral sandpiper, a black-bellied plover.

From Time Magazine Archive

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