Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLOV'ER
PLOV'ER, n. [Fr. pluvier, the water bird, from L. pluvialis, rainy; pluo, to rain.]
The common name of several species of birds that frequent the banks of rivers and the sea shore, belonging to the genus Charadrius. The lapwing. – Encyc.
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