plover

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

piviere

corriere

pavoncella

caradride

chorlito

sinonimi

dotterel

masked

shore bird

Traduzioni

Regenpfeifer

pluvier

plevier

chorlito

chorlitejo

corriol

chorlo

vanneau

Charadrius

gravelot

yağmurkuşu

Kiebitz

borrelho

tarambola

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈplʌvɚ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: 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”).