Plover

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
        belonging to the family {Charadrid[ae]}, and especially


        those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[ae]}. They
        are prized as game birds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
        the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola});
        the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and
        other species of sandpipers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
           plover} or {blackbreasted plover} ({Charadrius
           squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
           {gray plover}, {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea
           plover}, and {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under
           {Golden}); the {ring plover} or {ringed plover}
           ({Aegialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping
           plover} ({Aegialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover}
           ({Aegialitis Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover}
           ({Aegialitis montana}); and the {semipalmated plover}
           ({Aegialitis semipalmata}), are all small American
           species.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {Bastard plover} (Zool.), the lapwing.
  
     {Long-legged plover}, or {yellow-legged plover}. See
        {Tattler}.
  
     {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Rock plover}, or {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover.
        [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Whistling plover}.
        (a) The golden plover.
        (b) The black-bellied plover.
            [1913 Webster] Plow

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plover
       n : any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact
           build having straight bills and large pointed wings;
           closely related to the sandpipers

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Plover, IA (city, FIPS 63840)
    Location: 42.87710 N, 94.62242 W
    Population (1990): 101 (49 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50573
  Plover, WI (village, FIPS 63525)
    Location: 44.46260 N, 89.54295 W
    Population (1990): 8176 (2978 housing units)
    Area: 20.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 54467

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Plover, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
     Population (2000):    10520
     Housing Units (2000): 4133
     Land area (2000):     8.495966 sq. miles (22.004451 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.384034 sq. miles (0.994643 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    8.880000 sq. miles (22.999094 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            63525
     Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
     Location:             44.466183 N, 89.543707 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     54467
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Plover, WI
      Plover
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Plover, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    95
     Housing Units (2000): 50
     Land area (2000):     0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            63840
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             42.878058 N, 94.622648 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     50573
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Plover, IA
      Plover