AEgialitis meloda

AEgialitis meloda
Ringneck Ring"neck`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus {[AE]gialitis}, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover ({[AE]gialitis semipalmata}) and the piping plover ({[AE]gialitis meloda}) are common North American species. Called also {ring plover}, and {ring-necked plover}. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) The ring-necked duck. [1913 Webster]


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  • AEgialitis meloda — Plover Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • AEgialitis hiaticula — Plover Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • AEgialitis montana — Plover Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • AEgialitis semipalmata — Plover Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • AEgialitis semipalmata — Ringneck Ring neck , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus {[AE]gialitis}, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover ({[AE]gialitis …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • AEgialitis Wilsonia — Plover Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • William Brewster (Ornithologe) — William Brewster (* 5. Juli 1851 in Wakefield, Massachusetts; † 11. Juli 1919 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein amerikanischer Ornithologe, der zusammen mit Joel Asaph Allen (1838 1921) und Samuel Elliott Coues (1842 1899) die American… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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