piping plover

Definitions of piping plover
  1. noun
    small plover of eastern North America
    synonyms: Charadrius melodus
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    plover
    any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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