Definition of "killdee" []

• Alternative form of killdeer. (noun)

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• "There in the dim, sweet woods, with the smoke curling up into the leafy masses above, the sunlight just dropping upon the lake, the killdee, the robin, and the blue jay crying in the still, cool morning air."
• "It is probable that plover killdee should be substituted in the foregoing lists of clans, for the name clearly refers to the killdee's habit of running along the clean sand at the water's edge."
• "He's pine-blank as happy now as a killdee by a mill-race."