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KILDEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kildeer mean?
• KILDEER (noun)
The noun KILDEER has 1 sense:
1. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
Familiarity information: KILDEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Charadrius vociferus; kildeer; killdeer; killdeer plover
Hypernyms ("kildeer" is a kind of...):
plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)
Holonyms ("kildeer" is a member of...):
Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)
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