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Webster 1913 Edition


Plover

Plov′er

,
Noun.
[OF.
plovier
, F.
pluvier
, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed)
pluviarius
, fr. L.
pluvia
rain, from
pluere
to rain; akin to E.
float
, G.
fliessen
to flow. See
Float
.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family
Charadridæ
, and especially those belonging to the subfamily
Charadrinsæ
. They are prized as game birds.
2.
(Zool.)
Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (
Dromas ardeola
); the American upland, plover (
Bartramia longicauda
); and other species of sandpipers.
☞ Among the more important species are the
blackbellied plover
or
blackbreasted plover
(
Charadrius squatarola
) of America and Europe; – called also
gray plover
,
bull-head plover
,
Swiss plover
,
sea plover
, and
oxeye
; the
golden plover
(see under
Golden
); the
ring plover
or
ringed plover
(
Aegialitis hiaticula
). See
Ringneck
. The
piping plover
(
Aegialitis meloda
);
Wilson’s plover
(
Aegialitis Wilsonia
); the
mountain plover
(
Aegialitis montana
); and the
semipalmated plover
(
Aegialitis semipalmata
), are all small American species.
Bastard plover
(Zool.)
,
the lapwing.
Long-legged plover
, or
yellow-legged plover
.
See
Tattler
.
Plover's page
,
the dunlin.
[Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover
, or
Stone plover
,
the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover
.
(a)
The golden plover
.
(b)
The black-bellied plover.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plover

PLOV'ER

,
Noun.
[L. pluvialis, rainy; pluo, to rain.]
The common name of several species of birds that frequent the banks of rivers and the sea shore, belonging to the genus Charadrius.

Definition 2024


plover

plover

English

Noun

plover

plover (plural plovers)

  1. Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.

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Verb

plover

  1. Alternative form of plovoir