Definition of plovers Plovers
/plʌˈvɚz/ - [pluverz] -
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Wiktionary 
- plovers (Noun)
Plural of plover.
Part of speech
🔤- plovers, noun, plural of plover.
WordNet
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| plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | ||
| limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries | ||
| charadriidae, family charadriidae plover family | ||
| charadrius melodus, piping plover small plover of eastern North America | ||
| charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | ||
| charadrius morinellus, dotrel, dotterel, eudromias morinellus rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia | ||
| golden plover plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots | ||
| green plover, lapwing, peewit, pewit large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs | ||
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Wiktionary
- plover (Noun)
Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- plover (n.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds. - plover (n.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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plover
Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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plover
pluv′ėr, n. a well-known wading bird. [Fr. pluvier—L. pluvia, rain.]
Part of speech
🔤- plover, noun, singular of plovers.
