plover
Kelime Anlamı :

1. yağmurkuşu.
2. yağmurkuş.
3. Charadrius dotterel plover kalinis.
4. (isim) yağmurkuşu.
5. Eudromias morinellus.
6. yağmurcunlar.
Tanımlar :
1. any of various widely distributed wading birds of the family Charadriidae, having rounded bodies, short tails, and short bills.
2. any of various similar or related birds.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. 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. 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A bird of the family Charadriidæ and genus Charadrius, C. pluvialis.
2. hence some or any bird of the family Charadriidæ; a charadriomorphic grallatorial bird.
3. in various parts of the united states, the Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, more fully called upland, highland, pasture, field, corn-field, prairie, grass, and plain plover. see cut under Bartramia.
4. the greater or lesser yellowshanks, Totanus melanoleucus or T. flavipes, commonly called yellow-legged plovers. [local, U. S.] A loose woman: otherwise called a quail.
5. the black-heart plover. [local, U. S.]
6. the golden plover when young. [ireland.]
7. Sqvatarola helvetica
8. the norfolk plover. [various localities.]
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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