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Definition of Killdee
1. n. A small American plover (Ægialitis vocifera).
Definition of Killdee
1. killdeer [n -S] - See also: killdeer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Killdee
Literary usage of Killdee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"killdee! a marsh-mate answereth Across the shallow sky. ... rhapsody of light,
As star to star gives utterance Between the day and night. killdee! ..."
2. Southern Poems by Charles William Kent (1913)
"killdee! a marsh-mate answereth Across the shallow sky. ... killdee ! thrills over
me 5 A rhapsody of light, As star to star gives utterance Between the day ..."
3. Stillwater Pastorals: And Other Poems by Paul Shivell (1915)
"But oh, this young killdee! — this flying flower! — This wild'eyed throbbing lily
in my hand! — Startles my soul with more ecstatic pain Than even thou hast ..."
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