Plural of plover
regular plural
The plural of plover is plovers or plover.
Forms of plover
| Singular | plover /ˈplʌvɚ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | plovers plover /ˈplʌvɚ/ |
| Countable | countable |
Plovers in a sentence
- If we can let the plovers do their plovering thing, then perhaps, instead of rejecting our human weirdnesses, we embrace them.2021, Jeffrey Cohen, Stephanie Foote, The Cambridge Companion to Environmental Humanities, page 282
- Upland sandpipers are also sometimes called upland plovers or Bartram's sandpipers.2010, Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, Albatross to Zebra Finch: Birds from A to Z, page 24. From the entry Bartram's sandpiper
- Plovers and lapwings are a large, virtually worldwide family that differs from sandpipers in, among other things, having a shorter, thicker, pigeonlike bill and more robust proportions.1986, Steven L. Hilty, Bill Brown, A Guide to the Birds of Colombia, page 149. From the entry lapwing
Meaning of plover
- noun Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
- noun A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles).
- verb To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with.
Questions about the plural of plover
- What is the plural of plover?
- The plural of plover is plovers or plover.
- Is plover countable?
- Plover is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plover (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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