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Webster 1913 Edition
Plover
Plov′er
,Noun.
[OF.
plovier
, F. pluvier
, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius
, fr. L. pluvia
rain, from pluere
to rain; akin to E. float
, G. fliessen
to flow. See Float
.] 1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family
Charadridæ
, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsæ
. They are prized as game birds. 2.
(Zool.)
Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (
Dromas ardeola
); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda
); and other species of sandpipers. ☞ Among the more important species are the
blackbellied plover
or blackbreasted plover
(Charadrius squatarola
) of America and Europe; – called also gray plover
, bull-head plover
, Swiss plover
, sea plover
, and oxeye
; the golden plover
(see under Golden
); the ring plover
or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula
). See Ringneck
. The piping plover
(Aegialitis meloda
); Wilson’s plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia
); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana
); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata
), are all small American species. Bastard plover
(Zool.)
, the lapwing.
– Long-legged plover
, or yellow-legged plover
See
– Tattler
. Plover's page
, the dunlin.
[Prov. Eng.]
– Rock plover
, or Stone plover
the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
– Whistling plover
. (a)
The golden plover
. (b)
The black-bellied plover.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plover
PLOV'ER
,Noun.
The common name of several species of birds that frequent the banks of rivers and the sea shore, belonging to the genus Charadrius.