noun
pl. -·deers· or -·deer· a medium-sized North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a high, piercing cry, that nests in open fields, on beaches, etc.
also kill′dee·
Origin of killdeer
echoic of its crykilldeer
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killdeer
noun
pl. killdeer, or kill·deersA New World plover (Charadrius vociferus) that has a distinctive noisy cry and two black bands across its breast.
Origin of killdeer
Probably imitative of its call
killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
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Noun
(plural killdeers or killdeer)
- A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest.
Origin
Imitative of the bird's call.
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