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Definition of Shore bird
1. Noun. Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries.
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Charadrii, Suborder Charadrii
Specialized synonyms: Plover, Sandpiper, Aphriza Virgata, Surfbird, Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew, Godwit, Himantopus Stilt, Long-legs, Longlegs, Stilt, Stilt Plover, Stiltbird, Australian Stilt, Stilt, Avocet, Oyster Catcher, Oystercatcher, Phalarope, Glareole, Pratincole, Courser, Burhinus Oedicnemus, Stone Curlew, Thick-knee
Definition of Shore bird
1. Noun. (alternative form of shorebird) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shore Bird
Literary usage of Shore bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Part IV, • The Elusive Shore-Birds,' contains: (12) 'The Shore Patrol' (Plovers
and Sandpipers); (13) 'Northward with the Shore-Bird Host' (experiences on ..."
2. Outing (1893)
"SHORE-BIRDS AND SHORE-BIRD SHOOTING. BY ED. W. SANDYS. SOMEWHERE across the vast
dome of blue which arches in flawless beauty above the Great Lakes on fair ..."
3. Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice: Lectures Delivered Before the by William Temple Hornaday, Frederic Collin Walcott (1914)
"I am still claiming that every species of shore- bird in America now is ...
The advocates of shore-bird killing—and there are many—will tell us that "there ..."
4. Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice: Lectures Delivered Before the by William Temple Hornaday, Frederic Collin Walcott (1914)
"I am still claiming that every species of shore- bird in America now is ...
The advocates of shore-bird killing—and there are many—will tell us that "there ..."
5. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"WANDERING TATTLERS - (ERRANTES) If you see a medium sized, yellow-legged, mostly
grey shore bird walking along the rocks and bouncing its butt up and down ..."
6. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"WANDERING TATTLERS - (ERRANTES) If you see a medium sized, yellow-legged, mostly
grey shore bird walking along the rocks and bouncing its butt up and down ..."
7. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"WANDERING TATTLERS - (ERRANTES) If you see a medium sized, yellow-legged, mostly
grey shore bird walking along the rocks and bouncing its butt up and down ..."
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