'Plover' definitions:
Definition of 'plover'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
Definition of 'Plover'
From: GCIDE
- 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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They are prized as game birds. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied plover} 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 plover or ringed plover (Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover (Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover (Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American species. [1913 Webster]
- Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
- Long-legged plover, 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. [1913 Webster] Plow
Plover, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Plover, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000) :
10520
Housing Units (2000) :
4133
Land area (2000) :
8.495966 sq. miles (22.004451 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.384034 sq. miles (0.994643 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
8.880000 sq. miles (22.999094 sq. km)
FIPS code :
63525
Located within :
Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location :
44.466183 N, 89.543707 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
54467
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Plover, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Plover, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
95
Housing Units (2000) :
50
Land area (2000) :
0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
FIPS code :
63840
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
42.878058 N, 94.622648 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
50573
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Plover'
- Bastard plover,
- Crab plover,
- Field plover,
- Golden plover,
- Grass plover,
- Norfolk plover,
- Plover's page,
- Plover, IA,
- Plover, WI,
- Prairie plover,
- Ring plover,
- Rock plover,
- Ruddy plover,
- Sea plover,
- Shore plover,
- Silver plover,
- Snowy plover,
- Stilt plover,
- Stone plover,
- Strand plover,
- Swallow plover,
- Swiss plover,
- Upland plover,
- Whistling plover,
- Wilson's plover,
- Yellow plover,
- blackbellied plover,
- blackbreasted plover,
- dastard plover,
- gray plover,
- greater plover,
- green plover,
- highland plover,
- hill plover,
- killdeer plover,
- mountain plover,
- piping plover,
- ringed plover,
- semipalmated plover,
- Long-legged plover,
- Spur-winged plover,
- black-breasted plover,
- bull-head plover,
- red-necked plover,
- ring-necked plover,
- thick-kneed plover,
- yellow-legged plover