semipalmated plover

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Noun

semipalmated plover (plural semipalmated plovers)

  1. A species of plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, of the Americans, with semipalmated feet.
    • 2017 June, Australian Birdlife, Carlton, Victoria, page 76, column 2:
      And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March.