plover

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a compact shorebird with a short bill, pointed wings, and a habit of running along open ground or water margins

   A ringed plover darted across the wet sand in search of insects.

Inherited from Middle English plover, through Anglo-Norman plover or plovier from Medieval Latin plovarius or pluviarius. The deeper origin is disputed, though it has often been connected with Latin pluvia, 'rain.'

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