plover

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
2. (Australia) A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles).

Verb

1. To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with
2. To hunt for plover.
3. To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does.

Sinonieme

dotterel

masked

shore bird

Vertalings

Regenpfeifer

pluvier

plevier

chorlito

chorlitejo

corriol

chorlo

vanneau

gravelot

piviere

Charadrius

tarambola

Kiebitz

borrelho

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈplʌvɚ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: plover

In summary

Inherited from Middle English plover, from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).