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black-bellied plover
[ blak-bel-eed ]
noun
- a large plover, Pluvialis squatarola, of both the New and Old Worlds, having black underparts when in nuptial plumage.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black-bellied plover1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Example Sentences
This handsome bird is about the same size as the Black-bellied Plover (10.5 inches long).
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The price of these birds at that time was 10 cents per dozen; mixed with them would be turnstones and black-bellied plover.
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The call of the adult was two distinct curlewlike notes that differed from the slurred call of the black-bellied plover.
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The Black-bellied Plover feeds largely on minute mollusks, shrimps, worms, sea insects and on various larvae found in the marshes.
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The Black-bellied Plover gives but little attention to home building.
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