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| plover (ˈplʌvə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes |
| 2. | See crocodile bird any of similar and related birds, such as the Egyptian plover and the upland plover |
| 3. | green plover another name for lapwing |
| [C14: from Old French plovier rainbird, from Latin pluvia rain] | |
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plover
1304, from Anglo-Fr. plover, O.Fr. pluvier, earlier plovier (c.1200), from V.L. *plovarius, lit. "belonging to rain," from L. pluvia "rain." Perhaps so called because the birds' migration arrival coincides with the start of the rainy season, or from its supposed restlessness when rain approaches.
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