English-Thai Dictionary
plover
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PLOVER
n.[L. pluvialis, rainy; pluo, to rain. ] The common name of several species of birds that frequent the banks of rivers and the sea shore, belonging to the genus Charadrius.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
plover
plov er |ˈpləvər, ˈplō -ˈpləvər | ▶noun a short-billed gregarious wading bird, typically found by water but sometimes frequenting grassland, tundra, and mountains. [Family Charadriidae (the plover family ): several genera and numerous species, esp. the ringed plovers (Charadrius ), golden plovers (Pluvialis ), and lapwings (Vanellus ).] ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin pluvia ‘rain. ’
Oxford Dictionary
plover
plover |ˈplʌvə | ▶noun a short-billed gregarious wading bird, typically found by water but sometimes frequenting grassland, tundra, and mountains. ●Family Charadriidae (the plover family ): several genera and numerous species, especially the ringed plovers (Charadrius ), grey and golden plovers (Pluvialis ), and lapwings (Vanellus ). • used in names of birds similar to the plover in other families, e.g. Egyptian plover. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin pluvia ‘rain ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
plover
plov er /plʌ́və r /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙チドリ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary