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Definition of Kildeer
1. Noun. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry.
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Charadrius, Genus Charadrius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kildeer
Literary usage of Kildeer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"kildeer, an American plover, so called from its notes, which resemble the sounds
... .The kildeer is about 10 in. long, with an extent of wings of 20, ..."
2. Feathered Game of the Northeast by Walter Herbert Rich (1907)
"He has named himself and we have taken him at his word, "kildeer! ... The kildeer
is mostly found in the fields and high grounds, ploughed lands or marshes ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"kildeer, an American plover, so called from its notes, which resemble the sounds
... The kildeer is about 10 in. long, with an extent of wings of 20, ..."
4. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"Abundant with kildeer, and evidently breeding, as I saw young with them at the
salt springs on Red Deer River, July 22, 1881; at Lake Manitoba (Macoun). ..."
5. Bird-nesting in North-West Canada by Walter Raine (1892)
"The eggs of the kildeer are rather handsome, and a large series makes a fine
display. The ground colour is usually clay, sometimes drab, thickly spotted and ..."
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