plovers

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plural of plover
American golden plovers
plural form of American golden plover
black-bellied plovers
plural form of black-bellied plover
golden plovers
plural form of golden plover
green plovers
plural form of green plover
plover
Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae
white-crowned plovers
plural form of white-crowned plover
plover
{n} a bird of several species
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A plover is a bird with a rounded body, a short tail, and a short beak that is found by the sea or by lakes. Any of about 36 species (family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes) of plump-breasted shorebirds found almost worldwide. Plovers are 6-12 in. (15-30 cm) long and have long wings, longish legs, a short neck, and a straight, short bill. Many species are plain brown, gray, or sandy above and whitish below. Others, including the golden and black-bellied plovers, are finely patterned above and black below in breeding season. Many species run along the shoreline, snapping up small aquatic invertebrates. They have a melodious whistled call. Both parents incubate the two to five eggs and care for the young. See also killdeer
plover
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridæ, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsæ
plover
They are prized as game birds
plover
various wading birds of the family Charadriidae
plover
{i} type of shorebird, type of bird that lives near the seashore
plover
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
plover
any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
plovers