KILLDEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does killdeer mean? 

• KILLDEER (noun)
  The noun KILLDEER has 1 sense:

1. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

  Familiarity information: KILLDEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KILLDEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Charadrius vociferus; kildeer; killdeer; killdeer plover

Hypernyms ("killdeer" is a kind of...):

plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)

Holonyms ("killdeer" is a member of...):

Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)