plover

1. 1.

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

   Broadershorebird

   Narrowerpiping ploverkilldeerdotterelgolden ploverlapwingturnstone

   Part ofCharadriidae

Other forms of plover

plural

plovers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plover

What does plover mean?

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

How many syllables are in plover?

plover has 2 syllables: plov-er. The stress falls on "plov". In IPA it is /ˈplʌvɚ/.

Is plover a common word?

plover 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.