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PIPING PLOVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small plover of eastern North America
Synonyms:
Charadrius melodus; piping plover
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("piping 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 ("piping plover" is a member of...):
Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)