aegialitis meloda

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aegialitis meloda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Plover \Plov"er\, n. [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 Charadrid[ae], and especially
        those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
        are prized as game birds.
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     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.
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     Note: 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.
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     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.
            [1913 Webster] Plow

  Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
     1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
        genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
        ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
        winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
        and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
        North American species. Called also ring plover, and
        ring-necked plover.
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     2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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