'Strand plover' definitions:
Definition of 'Strand plover'
From: GCIDE
- Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str["o]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Strand birds. (Zool.) See Shore birds, under Shore.
- Strand plover (Zool.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover.
- Strand wolf (Zool.), the brown hyena. [1913 Webster]