golden plover

golden plover
a) Eurasian golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria
b) Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva

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  • Golden plover — Golden Gold en (g[=o]ld n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • golden plover — Plover Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Golden Plover — There are three species of wading birds in the plover family called Golden Plover. They are * Eurasian Golden Plover, Pluvialis apricaria * Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva * American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominica …   Wikipedia

  • golden plover — noun plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden yellow spots • Hypernyms: ↑plover • Member Holonyms: ↑Pluvialis, ↑genus Pluvialis …   Useful english dictionary

  • golden plover — noun a northern plover with a gold speckled back and black face and underparts. [Pluvialis apricaria and related species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America. [1775 85] * * * …   Universalium

  • golden plover — noun Date: 1785 any of three plovers (genus Pluvialis) having dark upperparts spotted with gold; especially one (P. dominica) that breeds chiefly in arctic America and winters in South America …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Pacific Golden Plover — Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • American Golden Plover — Taxobox name = American Golden Plover status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Charadriidae genus = Pluvialis species = la. P. dominica binomial …   Wikipedia

  • Eurasian Golden Plover — Taxobox name = Eurasian Golden Plover status = LC status system = iucn3.1 image width = 240px image caption = Eurasian Golden Plover (in moult, late summer) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia =… …   Wikipedia

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