Plover

n.	1.	(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridæ, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsæ. They are prized as game birds.
	2.	(Zool.) 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. Bastard plover (Zool.) the lapwing. Long-legged plover See Tattler. Plover's page the dunlin. Rock plover the black-bellied plover. Whistling plover a - The golden plover b - The black-bellied plover.

Noun

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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 sandpipers

Charadriidae, Charadrius melodus, Charadrius morinellus, Charadrius vociferus, dotrel, dotterel, Eudromias morinellus, family Charadriidae, golden plover, green plover, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover, lapwing, limicoline bird, peewit, pewit, piping plover, shore bird, shorebird, turnstone