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killdeer definition

☆ kill·deer (kil′dir′)

noun pl. killdeers -·deers′ or killdeer -·deer′

a medium-sized North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a high, piercing cry, that nests in open fields, on beaches, etc.
also killdee kill′·dee′ (kil′dē′)

Etymology: echoic of its cry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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