Stone plover Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (Zoöl.) (a) The European stone curlew . (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover (E. recurvirostris). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover . Prov. Eng. (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. Prov. Eng. Also applied to other species of limicoline birds.