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golden plover

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golden plover
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several plovers of the genus Pluvialis, such as P. apricaria of Europe and Asia, that have golden brown back, head, and wings
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Noun1.golden plovergolden plover - plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots
plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
genus Pluvialis, Pluvialis - golden plovers


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