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killdeer

UK/ˈkɪldɪə/US/ˈkɪldɪɹ/

killdeer noun: a North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.

killdeer: a North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that...
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Noun

killdeer (plural killdeers or killdeer)

  1. A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.
    • A kill-deer, flying so low as to dip its wings, ever and anon alighted on the margin, its stilt-like legs half submerged as it ran hither and thither, now and then bending to dig in the sand with its long slender bill.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 50

killdeer meaning in Tamil

killdeer in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of killdeer

pluralkilldeers
pluralkilldeer
alternative formkildeer
alternative formkilldee
alternative formkill-deer

Origin of killdeer

Imitative of the bird's call.

Questions about killdeer

What does killdeer mean?
Killdeer means a North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.
What is killdeer in Tamil?
Killdeer in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Killdeer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is killdeer?
Killdeer is a noun.
How do you pronounce killdeer?
Killdeer is pronounced /ˈkɪldɪɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of killdeer?
The plural of killdeer is killdeers.

Words near killdeer in the dictionary

  1. killcow
  2. killcows
  3. killcrop
  4. killcrops
  5. killdee
  6. killdeer
  7. killdeers
  8. killdees
  9. Kille
  10. Killeagh
  11. Killearn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: killdeer (page history and authors); killdeer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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