green plover

Other forms: green plovers

Definitions of green plover
  1. noun
    large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
    synonyms: lapwing, peewit, pewit
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    type of:
    plover
    any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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