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- rainˈ-plover nounThe golden plover• • •Main Entry: ↑rain
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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 birds… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plover's page — 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
plover — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. plover, O.Fr. pluvier, earlier plovier (c.1200), from V.L. *plovarius, lit. belonging to rain, from L. pluvia rain. Perhaps so called because the birds migration arrival coincides with the start of the rainy season, or from … Etymology dictionary
plover — [pluv′ər, plō′vər] n. pl. plovers or plover [ME < OFr plovier, lit., rain bird < VL * pluviarius < L pluvia, rain (see PLUVIAL): said to be so named because it was believed to cry before a rain] 1. any of a worldwide family… … English World dictionary
plover — ► NOUN ▪ a short billed wading bird, typically found by water but sometimes frequenting grassland. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin pluvia rain … English terms dictionary
plover — [14] Etymologically, the plover is the ‘rain bird’. Its name comes via Anglo Norman plover from Vulgar Latin *ploviārius, a derivative of Latin pluvia ‘rain’ (source of French pluie, Italian pioggia, and Spanish Iluvia ‘rain’ and related to… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
plover — [14] Etymologically, the plover is the ‘rain bird’. Its name comes via Anglo Norman plover from Vulgar Latin *ploviārius, a derivative of Latin pluvia ‘rain’ (source of French pluie, Italian pioggia, and Spanish Iluvia ‘rain’ and related to… … Word origins
Plover Cove Reservoir — Infobox lake lake name = Plover Cove Reservoir image lake = Plover Cove Reservoir Overview.jpg caption lake = Plover Cove Reservoir as seen from main dam image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = New Territories. Hong Kong coords =… … Wikipedia
plover — noun (plural plover or plovers) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French plover, pluvier, from Vulgar Latin *pluviarius, from Latin pluvia rain more at pluvial Date: 14th century 1. any of a family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds that differ… … New Collegiate Dictionary
plover — /ˈplʌvə / (say pluvuh) noun any of various small to medium sized birds of the family Charadriidae, especially those of the genera Charadrius and Pluvialis, with a short, straight bill characteristically thickened at the end, and frequenting… …
