Meanings
nounwhite-crowned plover (plural white-crowned plovers)
plural white-crowned plovers
- a bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover.
Synonyms: white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna bird, a medium-sized wader, which despite its name is a lapwing rather than a typical plover.
Similar
white-headed lapwingwhite-headed plover
Origin
Translations
French vanneau à tête blanche
- vanneau à tête blancheVanellus albiceps
Italian pavoncella corona bianca
- pavoncella corona biancaVanellus albiceps
Russian белоголо́вая пи́галица
- белоголо́вая пи́галица (belogolóvaja pígalica)Vanellus albiceps
Spanish avefría coroniblanca
- avefría coroniblancaVanellus albiceps
Turkish kız kuşu
- kız kuşuVanellus albiceps
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APA
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“white-crowned plover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-crowned%20plover. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white-crowned plover,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-crowned%20plover.
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