plover

plo·ver | \ ˈplə-vər

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plural plover or plovers

Definition of plover

1 : any of a family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds that differ from the sandpipers in having a short hard-tipped bill and usually a stouter more compact build

2 : any of various birds (such as a turnstone or sandpiper) related to the plovers

Examples of plover in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The plover, one of only about 200 left in the Bay Area, was spotted limping along last month by birders at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Union City and rushed to the operating room 65 miles away. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "On the bright side: Bay Area stories about the birds and the bees," 31 May 2020 A bird lover will raise and lower the plover’s right wing. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "On the bright side: Bay Area stories about the birds and the bees," 31 May 2020 That statistic includes common loons, northern gannets, double-crested cormorants, royal terns, Wilson’s plovers, black skimmers, and seaside sparrows, to name a few. — National Geographic, "THE BEST OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX," 17 Apr. 2020 The most interesting rarities last week were a Wilson’s plover that showed up at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island and a sedge wren at Manomet Center for Conservation Science in Plymouth. — BostonGlobe.com, "► Manomet Center for Conservation Science in Plymouth:," 30 Sep. 2019 Piping plovers, for example, have enjoyed a resurgence in Massachusetts, where there are nearly 700 pairs, up from just 139 when the federal government listed them as threatened in 1986. — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, "Guardian of the birds: State’s ornithologist warns we can’t do without them," 8 Sep. 2019 The team also drew on the Audubon Christmas Bird Count for data on about 55 species found in boreal forests and the Arctic tundra, and on the International Shorebird Survey for trends in shorebirds such as sandpipers and plovers. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Three billion North American birds have vanished since 1970, surveys show," 19 Sep. 2019 But residents in Brigantine and Stone Harbor have protested state programs to protect the plovers by trapping and killing red foxes there. — USA TODAY, "Bye-bye to Bei Bei, reverse bank robbery, squirrel survey: News from around our 50 states," 18 Nov. 2019 The Chicago Park District worked tirelessly with Mamby organizers and the community to reach a reasonable compromise that accommodated all patrons, including Mamby ticket holders and the endangered, nesting plovers. — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, "Mamby on the Beach festival canceled amid bird flap," 19 July 2019

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“Plover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plover. Accessed 10 Jul. 2020.

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