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Piping plover   /pˈaɪpɪŋ plˈəvər/   Listen
Piping plover

noun
1.
Small plover of eastern North America.  Synonym: Charadrius melodus.





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"Piping plover" Quotes from Famous Books



... emerald prairies To her infant brood. From the wild morass, On the sapphire lakelet set within it, Mag [60] sails forth with her wee ones daily. They ride on the dimpling waters gaily, Like a fleet of yachts and a man of war. The piping plover, the laughing linnet, And the swallow sail in the sunset skies. The whippowil from her cover hies, And trills her song ...
— Legends of the Northwest • Hanford Lennox Gordon


Words linked to "Piping plover" :   genus Charadrius, plover, Charadrius melodus, Charadrius


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