1. (noun) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

• charadriidae
• family charadriidae

1. (noun) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

• charadrius melodus
• piping plover
• charadrius morinellus
• dotrel
• dotterel
• eudromias morinellus
• charadrius vociferus
• kildeer
• killdeer
• killdeer plover
• golden plover
• green plover
• lapwing
• peewit
• pewit
• turnstone

1. (noun) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

• limicoline bird
• shore bird
• shorebird