charadrius vociferus

1. 1.

   American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

   Synonymskilldeerkildeerkilldeer plover

   Broaderplover

   Part ofCharadrius

Questions about charadrius vociferus

What does charadrius vociferus mean?

charadrius vociferus means "American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry".

What is another word for charadrius vociferus?

Close synonyms include killdeer, kildeer, killdeer plover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is charadrius vociferus a common word?

charadrius vociferus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.