plover

3 definitions found

plover - 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     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

plover - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  plover
      n 1: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact
           build having straight bills and large pointed wings;
           closely related to the sandpipers

plover - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Plover, IA (city, FIPS 63840)
    Location: 42.87710 N, 94.62242 W
    Population (1990): 101 (49 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50573
  Plover, WI (village, FIPS 63525)
    Location: 44.46260 N, 89.54295 W
    Population (1990): 8176 (2978 housing units)
    Area: 20.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 54467