plover

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Regenpfeifer

Kiebitz

Kibitz

Regenpfeiffer

pfeifer

Synonyme

dotterel

masked

shore bird

Übersetzungen

pluvier

plevier

chorlito

chorlitejo

corriol

Charadrius

chorlo

gravelot

vanneau

piviere

yağmurkuşu

borrelho

tarambola

pavoncella

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈplʌvɚ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: 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”).