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Definition of Charadrius melodus
1. Noun. Small plover of eastern North America.
Exact synonyms: Piping Plover
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Charadrius, Genus Charadrius
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Charadrius, Genus Charadrius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charadrius Melodus
Literary usage of Charadrius melodus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Charadrius hiaticula, var., Wilson. Amer. Orn. vp 30, pi. 37. tie. 8 (1812).
charadrius melodus, Ord in Wilsons Amer. Orn. vii. p. 71 (1824) ; pi. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"... circumcincta Ridgway become Charadrius semipalmatus (Bonaparte) and Charadrius
melodus Ord. Mathews, Nov. Zool., 1911, 5. 105. ..."
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