Definition of Plovir
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. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
&fist; Among the more important species are the blackbellied, 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 or
ringed plover (Ægialitis hiaticula). See
Ringneck. The piping plover (Ægialitis
meloda); Wilson's plover (Æ. Wilsonia); the
mountain plover (Æ. montana); and the
semipalmated plover (Æ. semipalmata), are all
small American species.
Bastard plover (Zoöl.), the
lapwing. -- Long-legged, 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- various wading birds of the family Charadriidae
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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