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golden plovers

golden plovers is the plural of golden plover.

Meaning of golden plover

Noun

golden plover (plural golden plovers)

  1. A migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis, having black underparts and a golden back in the breeding season, now regarded as the three species P. apricaria of Europe, P. fulva of the Pacific coasts, and P. dominica of North America.
    • One bright clear June morning, I watch golden plovers strutting along the southern end of Koltur, picking tiny flies off the seaweed left behind by the tide on the basalt shelf at this lowest end of the island.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 144

Questions about golden plovers

What is golden plovers the plural of?
Golden plovers is the plural of golden plover.

Words near golden plovers in the dictionary

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  2. golden pheasants
  3. Golden Plains
  4. golden plates
  5. golden plover
  6. golden plovers
  7. golden plum
  8. golden plums
  9. Golden Point
  10. golden poison arrow frog
  11. golden poison dart frog

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