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white-crowned plover

white-crowned plover noun: a bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover.

white-crowned plover: a bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover
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Noun

white-crowned plover (plural white-crowned plovers)

  1. a bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover.
    Synonyms:
    white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover

Synonyms of white-crowned plover

  • white-headed lapwing
  • white-headed plover

Forms of white-crowned plover

pluralwhite-crowned plovers

Origin of white-crowned plover

From white + crowned + plover.

Questions about white-crowned plover

What does white-crowned plover mean?
White-crowned plover means a bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover.
What part of speech is white-crowned plover?
White-crowned plover is a noun.
What is the plural of white-crowned plover?
The plural of white-crowned plover is white-crowned plovers.

Words near white-crowned plover in the dictionary

  1. white-collar work
  2. white-collar worker
  3. white-collar workers
  4. white-crested spadebill
  5. white-crested spadebills
  6. white-crowned plover
  7. white-crowned plovers
  8. white-crowned shrike
  9. white-crowned shrikes
  10. white-crowned sparrow
  11. white-crowned sparrows

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