plover
noun(plo-ver)
any of a family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds that differ from the sandpipers in having a short hard-tipped bill and usually a stouter more compact build
plover
noun(plo-ver)
any of various birds (such as a turnstone or sandpiper) related to the plovers
plover
noun(plo-ver)
any of three plovers (genus Pluvialis) having dark upperparts spotted with gold; especially : one (P. dominica) that breeds chiefly in arctic America and winters in South America
plover
noun(plo-ver)
a small pale plover (Charadrius melodus) chiefly of eastern North America
plover
noun(plo-ver)
a small plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) of the Gulf coast and the eastern U.S. and Mexico that is light gray above with a black bill, black patches on the head and sides of the neck, and white underparts
plover
noun(plo-ver)
a large short-billed American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) that frequents fields and prairies —called also upland plover