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killdeer

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kill·deer  (kldîr)
n. pl. killdeer or kill·deers
A New World plover (Charadrius vociferus) that has a distinctive noisy cry and two black bands across its breast.
[Probably imitative of its call.]
killdeer [ˈkɪlˌdɪə]
n pl -deer, -deers
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large brown-and-white North American plover, Charadrius vociferus, with two black breast bands and a noisy cry
[of imitative origin]
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Noun1.killdeerkilldeer - American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer plover
plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
Charadrius, genus Charadrius - type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers


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all my life -- to see a killdeer, which lives on the (North) Slope in Alaska," the 56-year-old bird-watcher exclaimed.
BIRD LOVERS, DUST OFF YOUR BINOCULARS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Delving deeply into the details of birds ranging from the Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), the Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), and the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macoura), to the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), and forty-five others, Fifty Common Birds Of The Upper Midwest provides readers with a remarkable coverage of the birds routinely observed in the multistate area.
Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest by Bethany, Susan / Reviewer's Bookwatch
In killdeer, these battles tend to be "subtle," he says.
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