any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes - green plover ⇒
another name for lapwing
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plov•er /ˈplʌvɚ, ˈploʊvɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Birdsa shorebird having a thick neck and a pigeonlike beak.
plov•er
(pluv′ər, plō′vər),USA pronunciation n.
- Birdsany of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Cf. dotterel (def. 1), killdeer, lapwing.
- Birdsany of various similar shorebirds, as the upland plover and other sandpipers.
- Vulgar Latin *pluviārius. See pluvial, -er2
- Anglo-French; Old French plovier rainbird
- Middle English 1275–1325
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'plover' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
black-bellied plover
- crab-plover
- dotterel
- golden plover
- green plover
- grey plover
- kibitz
- killdeer
- lapwing
- ringed plover
- sanderling
- semipalmated plover
- shorebird
- upland sandpiper
- wader
- whaup
- wrybill