单词 | chattering plover |
释义 | > as lemmaschattering plover chattering plover n. the killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus; = killdee n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Charadrius > charadrius vocifera (killdeer) chattering plover1732 killdee1732 noisy plover1785 1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 176 The Chattering Plover. In Virginia they are called Kildeers, from some Resemblance of their Noise to the Sound of that Word. 1754 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina III. Catal. 2. 71 The Chattering Plover..Charadrius vociferus. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 214 Kildee or Chattering Plover. < as lemmas |
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