单词 | plovery |
释义 | ploveryadj. rare. 1. Having many plovers; frequented by plovers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [adjective] > of the plover > abounding in plovers plovery1887 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods 30 The plovery Forest and the seas That break about the Hebrides. 1903 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 136 There is no more ready shortcut to the dim kingdom than this plovery headland. 2. Of or reminiscent of a plover, plover-like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [adjective] > of the plover pluvialine1863 plovery1932 1932 J. Joyce Let. 1 Jan. (1966) III. 239 I would be engaging you with my plovery soft accents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1887 |
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