PLOVERS
Noun
plovers
plural of plover
Source: Wiktionary
PLOVER
Plov"er, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.
Note: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition