plover

Meanings

Noun

• Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.
• The masked lapwing, Vanellus miles.

Verb

• To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with
• To hunt for plover.
• To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman plover, pluvier, Old French plovier, from Late Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia.