English Explanatory Dictionary

Wilson's plover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Charadrius wilsonia, a small coastal wading bird.

Word forms

Wilson's plover Wilson's plovers

Etymology

Named after the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson by his friend George Ord in 1814.

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