Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Plover
plover, n. [ME < OFr < L. pluvia, rain.] (webplay: bird).
Poss. Charadrius oedicnemus, the North American thick-knee or Norfolk plover; ravine-dwelling fowl; grallatorial bird of the family Charadriidæ; migratory bird which arrives in North America in the spring and summer months.
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