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spur-winged plover

spur-winged plover noun: vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.

spur-winged plover: vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa
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Noun

spur-winged plover (plural spur-winged plovers)

  1. Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) Vanellus miles, the masked lapwing.

Synonyms of spur-winged plover

Forms of spur-winged plover

pluralspur-winged plovers

Questions about spur-winged plover

What does spur-winged plover mean?
Spur-winged plover means vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
What part of speech is spur-winged plover?
Spur-winged plover is a noun.
What is the plural of spur-winged plover?
The plural of spur-winged plover is spur-winged plovers.

Words near spur-winged plover in the dictionary

  1. spur-winged
  2. spur-winged geese
  3. spur-winged goose
  4. spur-winged lapwing
  5. spur-winged lapwings
  6. spur-winged plover
  7. spur-winged plovers
  8. spurcities
  9. spurcity
  10. spurdog
  11. spurdogs

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