plover

[ pluhv-er, ploh-ver ]

noun

1. any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Compare dotterel ( def 1 ), killdeer, lapwing.
2. any of various similar shorebirds, as the upland plover and other sandpipers.

plover

/ ˈplʌvə /

noun

1. any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes
2. See crocodile bird
   any of similar and related birds, such as the Egyptian plover and the upland plover See crocodile bird
3. See lapwing
   green plover
   green plover another name for lapwing

Word History and Origins

Origin of plover¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French plovier rainbird < Vulgar Latin *pluviārius. See pluvial, -er ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of plover¹

C14: from Old French plovier rainbird, from Latin pluvia rain

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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