[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plover \plov"er\, n. of. plovier, f. pluvier, prop., the rain
   bird, fr. ll. assumed pluviarius, fr. l. pluvia rain, from
   pluere to rain; akin to e. float, g. fliessen to flow. see
   float.
   1. zool. 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   note: among the more important species are the blackbellied
         plover or blackbreasted plover charadrius
         squatarola of america and europe; -- called also
         gray plover, bull-head plover, swiss plover, sea
         plover, and oxeye; the golden plover see under
         golden; the ring plover or ringed plover
         aegialitis hiaticula. see ringneck. the piping
         plover aegialitis meloda; wilson's plover
         aegialitis wilsonia; the mountain plover
         aegialitis montana; and the semipalmated plover
         aegialitis semipalmata, are all small american
         species.
         1913 webster

   bastard plover zool., the lapwing.

   long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. see
      tattler.

   plover's page, the dunlin. prov. eng.

   rock plover, or stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
      prov. eng.

   whistling plover.
      a the golden plover.
      b the black-bellied plover.
          1913 webster plow
see also:
float charadridae charadrinsae dromas ardeola bartramia longicauda blackbellied plover 
blackbreasted plover charadrius squatarola gray plover bull-head plover swiss plover 
sea plover oxeye golden plover golden ring plover 
ringed plover aegialitis hiaticula ringneck piping plover aegialitis meloda 
wilson's plover aegialitis wilsonia mountain plover aegialitis montana semipalmated plover 
aegialitis semipalmata bastard plover long-legged plover yellow-legged plover tattler 
plover's page rock plover stone plover whistling plover 

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