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piping plover

piping plover noun: a sand-colored, sparrow-sized North American shorebird of species Charadrius melodus.

Noun

piping plover (plural piping plovers)

  1. A sand-colored, sparrow-sized North American shorebird of species Charadrius melodus.

Forms of piping plover

pluralpiping plovers

Questions about piping plover

What does piping plover mean?
Piping plover means a sand-colored, sparrow-sized North American shorebird of species Charadrius melodus.
What part of speech is piping plover?
Piping plover is a noun.
What is the plural of piping plover?
The plural of piping plover is piping plovers.

Words near piping plover in the dictionary

  1. piping down
  2. piping hot
  3. piping in
  4. piping off
  5. piping one's eye
  6. piping plover
  7. piping plovers
  8. piping shrike
  9. piping shrikes
  10. piping the eye
  11. piping the side

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