plover

Any of various widely distributed shorebirds of the family Charadriidae, having rounded bodies, short tails, and short bills.

Any of various similar or related birds.

A bird of the family Charadriidæ and genus Charadrius, C. pluvialis.

Hence Some or any bird of the family Charadriidæ; a charadriomorphic grallatorial bird.

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.

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.

The black-heart plover. [Local, U. S.]

The golden plover when young. [Ireland.]

Sqvatarola helvetica

The Norfolk plover. [Various localities.]