| NOUN | animal | plover | any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings |
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| Sounds | plah'ver | |
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| Rhymes | achiever ... woodcarver: 114 rhymes with ver... | |
| Meaning | 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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| Member of | Charadriidae, family Charadriidae | plover family |
| Narrower | dotterel, dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus | Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia |
| golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots | |
| killdeer, kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus | American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | |
| lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs | |
| piping plover, Charadrius melodus | small plover of eastern North America | |
| turnstone | migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food | |
| Broader | shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird | Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
| Spanish | chorlitejo, chorlito, chorlo | |
| Catalan | corriol | |
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