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grey plover

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noun

British.
  1. the black-bellied plover.


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Four UK shorebirds - the grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2024

For miles and miles they saw no living thing save a grey plover whistling over their heads, or now and then a flock of sheep among the hills far away.

From The Orphans of Glen Elder by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

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