golden plover

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   plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots

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Questions about golden plover

What does golden plover mean?

golden plover means "plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots".

Is golden plover a common word?

golden plover 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.