Killdeer

//ˈkɪldɪɹ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.

    "A kill-deer, flying so low as to dip its wings, ever and anon alighted on the margin, its stilt-like legs half submerged as it ran hither and thither, now and then bending to dig in the sand with its long slender bill."

  2. 2
    American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry wordnet

Etymology

Imitative of the bird's call.

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