plover (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings
def closely related to the sandpipers
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Hypernym shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
Member holonym Charadriidae, family Charadriidae
Hyponym piping plover, Charadrius melodus; killdeer, kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus; dotterel, dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus; golden plover; lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit; turnstone
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Hyponym shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
Member meronym Charadriidae, family Charadriidae
Hypernym piping plover, Charadrius melodus; killdeer, kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus; dotterel, dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus; golden plover; lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit; turnstone

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