plover

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English plover, from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplʌvɚ/, /ˈploʊvɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplʌvə/ Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ), -ʌvə(ɹ) Hyphenation: plov‧er === Noun === plover (plural plovers or plover) Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae. (Australia) A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === plover (third-person singular simple present plovers, present participle plovering, simple past and past participle plovered) To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with To hunt for plover. To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does. === Anagrams === Provel == Middle English == === Alternative forms === plewer, pluver, pluwer plovere, ploware, plowere (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pluˈveːr/, /ˈpluvər/ === Noun === plover (plural plovers) plover (bird of the family Charadriidae) ==== Descendants ==== English: plover Scots: pliver, plivver ==== References ==== “plover, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Verb === plover alternative form of plovoir