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green plover

green plover noun: the lapwing.

Noun

green plover (plural green plovers)

  1. (UK) The lapwing.
  2. Synonym of golden plover.
    • The Green PLOVER is about the bigness of a Lapwing, the colour of the whole upper side is black, thick set with yellowish green spots; the breast brown, spotted with yellowish green; the belly white.1795, Thomas Boreman, A description of above three hundred animals, page 141
    • THE GREEN PLOVER (Plate 72.)
      Is rather larger than a Lapwing, and weighs about nine ounces.1810, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, page 131
    Synonyms:
    golden plover

Synonyms of green plover

Forms of green plover

pluralgreen plovers

Questions about green plover

What does green plover mean?
Green plover means the lapwing.
What part of speech is green plover?
Green plover is a noun.
What is the plural of green plover?
The plural of green plover is green plovers.

Words near green plover in the dictionary

  1. green pigeons
  2. green pit viper
  3. green pit vipers
  4. green plot
  5. green plots
  6. green plover
  7. green plovers
  8. green plum
  9. green plums
  10. green pocket
  11. green pockets

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