(a) the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus; (b) U.S. the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica.

(a) the European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria; (b) the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola (Swainson); (c) the stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus.

a migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis of the northern boreal zone, having black underparts and a mottled golden back in the breeding season…

a plover (grey or golden).

Chiefly U.S. Any of various birds with greenish backs; esp. (a) the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica; †(b) any hummingbird of the South…

any of several plovers occurring on the prairies; esp. the mountain plover, Charadrius montanus.

†(a) the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica (obsolete); (b) the upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda.

Any of various birds that occur on the prairies in large flocks which resemble those of pigeons, esp. the extinct passenger pigeon; spec. (a) the…

A local name for the Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis dominica fulva, which is native to the northern parts of North America and eastern Siberia…

In bird-names: (see quots.).