Plover Definition

plŭvər, plōvər
plovers
noun
Any of a worldwide family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds, having a short tail, long, pointed wings, a short, stout beak, and, usually, brown or gray feathers.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar birds.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Plover

Noun

Singular:
plover
Plural:
plovers

Origin of Plover

  • From Anglo-Norman plover, pluvier, Old French plovier, from Late Latin plovarius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Vulgar Latin pluviārius from Latin pluvia rain pluvial

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Plover Sentence Examples

  • Whenever the crocodile is out of the water the spur-winged plover is its invariable companion.

  • Europe has three species - Hoplopterus spinosus, the spur-winged plover, and Chettusia gregaria and C. leucura; but the first and last are only stragglers from Africa and Asia.

  • Many species of ducks are also still found; and the reed-bird (bobolink), " partridge " (elsewhere called quail or " Bob White "), ruffed grouse (elsewhere called partridge), woodcock, snipe, plover and Carolina rail still abound.

  • There are various kinds of ploversthe blackheaded species (Pluvianus Aegyplius) is most numerous in Upper Egypt; the golden plover and the white-tailed species are found Chiefly in the Delta.

  • Its eggs are the wellknown "plovers' eggs" of commerce,' and the bird, wary and wild at other times of the year, in the breeding-season becomes easily approachable, and is shot to be sold in the markets for "golden plover."

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