Killdeer
pronunciation
How to pronounce Killdeer in British English: UK [ 'kɪldɪə]
How to pronounce Killdeer in American English: US [ 'kɪlˌdɪr]
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- Noun:
- American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
Word Origin
- killdeer (n.)
- also killdee, 1731, American English, species of North American ring-plover, the name imitative of its cry.