kildeer

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kildeer - American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cryCharadrius vociferus, killdeer, killdeer ploverplover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipersCharadrius, genus Charadrius - type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers