noun
American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
• Syn: ↑killdeer, ↑killdeer plover, ↑Charadrius vociferus
• Hypernyms: ↑plover
• Member Holonyms: ↑Charadrius, ↑genus Charadrius
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variant of killdeer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.