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GREEN PLOVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
Synonyms:
green plover; lapwing; peewit; pewit
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("green plover" is a kind of...):
plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)
Holonyms ("green plover" is a member of...):
genus Vanellus; Vanellus (Eurasian lapwings)