| 单词 | rock plover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock plover rock plover n. (a) U.S. regional and Caribbean the ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres; †(b) Irish English the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola (obsolete); (c) U.S. regional the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (cf. rock sandpiper n., rock snipe n.) (rare). ΚΠ 1778 C. Blagden Let. in Bull. N.Y. Publ. Libr. (1903) 7 431 Rock-Plover, confounded also under the comprehensive name of beach-bird. It frequent[s] the rocky parts of the sea coast & the grassy fields near it. 1847 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 20 375 Strepsilas interpres, Linn. (Rock Plover.)... Migratory and very rare [on Tobago]. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 181 Grey Plover... Its habit of frequenting the sea-shore has obtained for it the names..Stone plover (North and South Ireland). Rock plover (Wexford). 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 182 It [sc. the Purple Sandpiper] is the Rock-bird, Rock-Plover, and Rock Snipe at Rowley and Salem, Mass. 1918 D. B. Macmillan Four Years in White North Appendix VI. 408 Arenaria interpres interpres. Turnstone. Calico-back. Chicken plover. Rock-plover. Brant-bird. Checkered snipe. Red-legged plover. 1998 Facts (Clute, Texas) 15 Feb. 3 c/1 The rock plover. A bird that comes in a variety of sizes and can be found squatting on the beaches of South Texas, usually at dawn. < as lemmas |
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