Definition of "killdeer" []

• A New World plover (Charadrius vociferus) that has a distinctive noisy cry and two black bands across its breast. (noun)

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• "Lantz said the killdeer is a member of the plover, or shore bird family, and is common in Florida."
• "The sepulchral boom of the bittern, the shriek of the curlew, the scream of passing brant, the wrangling of quarrelsome teal, the sharp querulous protest of the startled crane, and syllabled complaint of the "killdeer" plover were beyond the power of written expression."
• "The sepulchral boom of the bittern, the shriek of the curlew, the scream of passing brent, the wrangling of quarrelsome teal, the sharp, querulous protest of the startled crane, and syllabled complaint of the "killdeer" plover, were beyond the power of written expression."