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Plover

plover
- 1304, from Anglo-Fr. plover, O.Fr. pluvier, from L. pluvia "rain." Perhaps so called because the birds' migration coincides with the start of the rainy season.
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1.
  ~ n a small bird that lives near the sea ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (plovers) A plover is a bird with a rounded body, a short tail, and a short beak that is found by the sea or by lakes. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   noun  (plural ~ or ~s)  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, 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 from the sandpipers in having a short hard-tipped bill and usually a stouter more compact build  2. any of various birds (as a turnstone or sandpiper) related to the ~s ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. any plump-breasted wading bird of the family Charadriidae, including the lapwing, usu. having a pigeon-like bill. Etymology: ME & AF f. OF plo(u)vier ult. f. L pluvia rain ...
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  орнит. зуёк; ржанка; чибис, пигалица; pl ржанки (Charadriidae) – banded plover – bastard plover – black-bellied plover – black-fronted plover – black-headed plover – blacksmith plover – black-winged plover – brown-chested plover – Caspian plover – chestnut-banded plover – collared plover – common plover – common ringed plover – crocodile plover – crowned plover – double-banded plover – Egyptian plover – Falkland Island plover – golden plover – gray plover – gray-headed plover – greater sand plover – green plover – Kentish plover – killdeer plover – Kittlitz's plover – lesser black-winged plover – lesser golden plover – little ringed plover – long-billed ringed plover – Magellanic plover – mountain plover – New Zealand shore plover – Norfolk plover – northern masked plover – oriental plover – oriental sand plover – pigeon plover – piping plover – red-legged plover – red-wattled plover – ring plover – semipalmated plover – silver plover – snowy plover – sociable plover – spur-winged plover – stone plover – three-banded plover – two-banded plover – upland plover – wattled plover – white-headed plover – white-tailed plover – white-winged plover ...
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  1. зоол. ржанка (Charadriidae) ...
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  noun zool. ржанка, зуек ...
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