PLOVER
\plˈʌvə], \plˈʌvə], \p_l_ˈʌ_v_ə]\
Definitions of PLOVER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Provencal, Latin] A native bird of the genus Charadrius, Odienemus, and Vanellus, frequenting in numbers marsh lands, river banks, lake and sea shores—the green plover, lapwing, or peewit is prized for its eggs, the golden plover for its eggs, the golden plover for its flesh.
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