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.
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Killdeer
//ˈkɪldɪɹ//
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Catalan
1 entries- corriol cua-roig noun (plover)
Dutch
1 entries- killdeerplevier noun (plover)
Finnish
1 entries- amerikantylli noun (plover)
French
1 entries- pluvier kildir noun (plover)
German
1 entries- Keilschwanz-Regenpfeifer noun (plover)
Irish
1 entries- feadóg ghlórach noun (plover)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- c'wiididiks noun (plover)
Navajo
1 entries- tábąądijádí noun (plover)
Portuguese
1 entries- borrelho-de-dupla-coleira noun (plover)
Russian
1 entries- крикли́вый зуёк noun (plover)
Spanish
1 entries- chorlo noun (plover)
Swedish
1 entries- skrikstrandpipare noun (plover)
Unami
1 entries- kwùskwtis noun (plover)
Western Apache
1 entries- tábąą dijágé noun (plover)
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