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kill·deer

(kĭl′dîr′)

n. pl. killdeer or kill·deers

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

[Probably imitative of its call.]

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killdeer

(ˈkɪlˌdɪə)

n, pl -deer or -deers

(Animals) a large brown-and-white North American plover, Charadrius vociferus, with two black breast bands and a noisy cry

[C18: of imitative origin]

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kill•deer

(ˈkɪlˌdɪər)

n., pl. -deers, -deer.

a common New World plover of farmland and meadows, Charadrius vociferus, having two black bands around the upper breast.

[1725–35, Amer.; imitative]

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Noun

killdeer - American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer plover

plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

Charadrius, genus Charadrius - type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers

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