Category:Plover

Plov"er, n. Etym: [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. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

Note: among the more important species are the blackbellied, 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 or Ringed plover (ægialitis hiaticula). See ringneck. The piping plover (ægialitis meloda); wilson's plover (æ. Wilsonia); the mountain Plover (æ. montana); and the semipalmated plover (æ. semipalmata), Are all small american species. Bastard plover (zoöl.), the lapwing. -- long-legged, 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.