单词 | plover |
释义 | plover (once / 4942 pages) n WORD FAMILY plover: plovers USAGE EXAMPLESThis summer was only the second time that plovers had returned to New York to nest in more than 30 years, Liner said. Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016) Tell us about your love for Nova Scotia and your work as a piping plover guardian. National Geographic(Oct 09, 2016) Experts say they take over much of the natural habitat needed for the threatened piping plover and endangered least tern. Washington Times(Sep 16, 2016) n any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers Hypo|Hyper Charadrius melodus, piping plover small plover of eastern North America Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer ploverAmerican plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus, dotrel, dotterelrare plover of upland areas of Eurasia golden ploverplovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots green plover, lapwing, peewit, pewitlarge crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs turnstonemigratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstonecommon Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia Arenaria-Melanocephala, black turnstonecommon turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
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