kildeer

Questions about kildeer

What does kildeer mean?

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

How many syllables are in kildeer?

kildeer has 2 syllables and divides as kil-deer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for kildeer?

Close synonyms include killdeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus. 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 kildeer a common word?

kildeer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.