golden plover
golden plover
nounDefinition of GOLDEN PLOVER
: 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
First Known Use of GOLDEN PLOVER
1785
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