plover

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P0379300 (plŭv′ər, plō′vər)n. pl. plover or plov·ers 1. Any of various widely distributed shorebirds of the family Charadriidae, having rounded bodies, short tails, and short bills.2. Any of various similar or related birds.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman plover, pluvier, from Vulgar Latin *pluviārius : *plu-, probably imitative of plover cries (possibly influenced by Latin pluvia, rain (plovers being associated with rain in various later European traditions, because they were thought to be more active or easily caught in the rain, or because it was thought that they arrived with the rainy season); see pluvial) + Latin -ārius, n. suff.]

plover

(ˈplʌvə) n1. (Animals) any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes2. (Animals) any of similar and related birds, such as the Egyptian plover and the upland plover. See crocodile bird3. (Animals) green plover another name for lapwing[C14: from Old French plovier rainbird, from Latin pluvia rain]

plov•er

(ˈplʌv ər, ˈploʊ vər)

n. 1. any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae, of worldwide distribution, having a thick neck, compact body, and a pigeonlike beak. 2. any of various similar shorebirds. [1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French plovier < Vulgar Latin *pluviārius. See pluvial, -er²]

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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 sandpiperslimicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuariesCharadriidae, family Charadriidae - plover familyCharadrius melodus, piping plover - small plover of eastern North AmericaCharadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover - American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cryCharadrius morinellus, dotrel, dotterel, Eudromias morinellus - rare plover of upland areas of Eurasiagolden plover - plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spotsgreen plover, lapwing, peewit, pewit - large crested Old World plover having wattles and spursturnstone - migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

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plover

(plŭv`ər), common name for some members of the large family Charadriidae, shore birds, small to medium in size, found in ice-free lands all over the world. Plovers are plumpish wading birds with pigeonlike bills and strong markings of black or brown above with white below. In flocks they frequent ocean beaches and sand and mud flats, following the backwash of waves in search of the small marine invertebrates that form their diet. The best-known plovers in America are the noisy killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), found in pasturelands; the larger (11 in./27.5 cm) black-bellied (Squatarola squatarola) and golden (Pluvialis dominica) plovers, which migrate as far as 2,000 mi (3,220 km) annually; and the ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres). The Old World dotterel and the European lapwinglapwing,
common name for some members of the family Charadriidae, which includes the plovers. Lapwings are almost all inland or upland birds, found in all temperate and tropical regions except North America.
..... Click the link for more information. are members of the family, as are the crocodile birds of Africa, insectivorous plovers described by Herodotus as picking the teeth of crocodiles. Lapwings are slightly larger than plovers and are found in most tropical and temperate countries, with the notable exception of North America, where they have been extinct since the Pleistocene era. Both lapwings and plovers nest on open ground and dig shallow hollows lined with pebbles or plant debris where their clutch of eggs (usually four) are deposited. Both male and female share the duties of rearing the young. The crab plover (Dromas ardeola) of India, Arabia, and E Africa, with its heronlike bill and webbed toes, is so distinct that it is placed in a family by itself, the Dromadidae. It derives its name from its habit of pounding crabs and mollusks to pieces with its heavy bill. Crab plovers lay only one egg per clutch in a deep nest dug into a sand bank. They are easily approached and flock in large groups on coastal mud flats and beaches. Plovers are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Charadriidae. Crab plovers belong to the same order.

plover

1. any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes 2. any of similar and related birds, such as the Egyptian plover (see crocodile bird) and the upland plover 3. green plover another name for lapwing

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