- Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging
to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the
subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds. - 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.
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