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plover

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1. plover - Noun

2. plover - Verb

3. Plover - Proper noun

Meaning

Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In farm country, the plover has only two real enemies: the gully and the drainage ditch. Perhaps we shall one day find that these are our enemies, too. Aldo Leopold

Whoever invented the word 'grace' must have seen the wing-folding of the plover. Aldo Leopold

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service team banded Monty and Rose’s three surviving piping plover chicks Monday at Montrose beach, Chicago Park District volunteer site steward has been picking mulberries for more than a week. Source: Internet

Because the seal was located in this sensitive area, a small group of MERR’s stranding responders was escorted into the area on foot by the plover biologists with DNREC, helping to keep the seal and plovers safe. Source: Internet

Modern PLOVER immediately provides translated output, making it very much like other keyboard setups that immediately produce legible work. Source: Internet

“I didn’t know what a piping plover was last year,” Flores said. Source: Internet

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