killdeer

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.

Similar words

charadrius vociferus kildeer killdeer plover plover kill-deer killdee kildee ringed plover kentish plover groundling

Often followed by

mountain and mountains is plover in plains was charadrius

Word family

killdeers