📚 noun • entry_id 37527
killdeer
/ˈkɪldɪɹ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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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.
A kill-deer, flying so low as to dip its wings, ever and anon alighted on the margin, its stilt-like legs half submerged as it ran hither and thither, now and then bending to dig i…
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