- golden plover
- noun Date: 1785 any of three plovers (genus Pluvialis) having dark upperparts spotted with gold; especially one (P. dominica) that breeds chiefly in arctic America and winters in South America
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Golden plover — Golden Gold en (g[=o]ld n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
golden plover — Plover 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. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Golden Plover — There are three species of wading birds in the plover family called Golden Plover. They are * Eurasian Golden Plover, Pluvialis apricaria * Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva * American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominica … Wikipedia
golden plover — noun a) Eurasian golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria b) Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva … Wiktionary
golden plover — noun plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden yellow spots • Hypernyms: ↑plover • Member Holonyms: ↑Pluvialis, ↑genus Pluvialis … Useful english dictionary
golden plover — noun a northern plover with a gold speckled back and black face and underparts. [Pluvialis apricaria and related species.] … English new terms dictionary
golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America. [1775 85] * * * … Universalium
Pacific Golden Plover — Conservation status … Wikipedia
American Golden Plover — Taxobox name = American Golden Plover status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Charadriidae genus = Pluvialis species = la. P. dominica binomial … Wikipedia
Eurasian Golden Plover — Taxobox name = Eurasian Golden Plover status = LC status system = iucn3.1 image width = 240px image caption = Eurasian Golden Plover (in moult, late summer) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia =… … Wikipedia
