- killdee
- kill·dee
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killdee
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Killdee — Kill dee , Killdeer Kill deer , n. [So named from its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small American plover ({Charadrius vociferus}, formerly {[AE]gialitis vocifera}) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black bands around … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
killdee — /kil dee/, n. Dial. killdeer. * * * … Universalium
killdee — n. killdeer, large plover of North America … English contemporary dictionary
killdee — ˈkildē dialect variant of killdeer … Useful english dictionary
AEgialitis vocifera — Killdee Kill dee , Killdeer Kill deer , n. [So named from its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small American plover ({Charadrius vociferus}, formerly {[AE]gialitis vocifera}) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Charadrius vociferus — Killdee Kill dee , Killdeer Kill deer , n. [So named from its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small American plover ({Charadrius vociferus}, formerly {[AE]gialitis vocifera}) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Charadrius vociferus — Killdee Kill dee , Killdeer Kill deer , n. [So named from its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small American plover ({Charadrius vociferus}, formerly {[AE]gialitis vocifera}) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Killdeer — Killdee Kill dee , Killdeer Kill deer , n. [So named from its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small American plover ({Charadrius vociferus}, formerly {[AE]gialitis vocifera}) of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. The adult has two black… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
magpie — Synonyms and related words: Audubon warbler, Canada goose, English sparrow, accumulator, adjutant bird, agreeable rattle, albatross, all sorts, argala, assemblage, assortment, auk, auklet, avocet, babbler, bald eagle, baldpate, bank swallow,… … Moby Thesaurus
killdeer — (n.) also killdee, 1731, American English, species of North American ring plover, the name imitative of its cry … Etymology dictionary
