killdeer meaning
Noun: killdeer 'kil`dir [N. Amer], 'kil`diu(r) [Brit]
- American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
- kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus
Derived forms: killdeers
Type of: plover
Part of: Charadrius, genus Charadrius
Encyclopedia: Killdeer Killdeer, ND Killdeer, North Dakota
Examples
More: Next- hist may be, and should be precious to you, but killdeer will have the love and veneration of your whole people.
- He couldn't tell a killdeer from a dove.
- In Pennsylvania, a baby killdeer hatched in December instead of April.
- The range of the killdeer spreads across the Western Hemisphere.
- Although killdeer are considered shorebirds, they often live far from water.