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1green plover — noun large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs • Syn: ↑lapwing, ↑peewit, ↑pewit • Hypernyms: ↑plover • Member Holonyms: ↑Vanellus, ↑genus Vanellus …
2green plover — Brit. lapwing. [1700 10] * * * …
3green plover — noun the lapwing …
4green plover — noun Brit. the lapwing …
5green — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, etc. 2 a covered with leaves or grass. b mild and without snow (a green Christmas). 3 (of fruit etc. or wood) unripe or unseasoned. 4 not… …
6Green — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, etc. 2 a covered with leaves or grass. b mild and without snow (a green Christmas). 3 (of fruit etc. or wood) unripe or unseasoned. 4 not… …
7green|back — «GREEN BAK», noun. 1. a piece of United States paper money, especially a legal tender note, having the back printed in green. Greenbacks were originally issued in 1861 without any gold or silver reserve behind them. »Since most dealers haven t… …
8Plover — Like the surnames Finch and Goldfinch as examples, this is a medieval nickname surname. It originates from the Plover bird or Plouvier in French, and probably describes either a person who wore colourful dress particularly green, or is possibly a …
9Green pigeon — Pigeon Pi geon, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. {Peep} to chirp.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. [1913… …
10black-breasted plover — Golden Gold en (g[=o]ld n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913… …
