plover
    n 1: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact
         build having straight bills and large pointed wings;
         closely related to the sandpipers

Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
   bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
   pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
   Float.]
   1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
      belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
      those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
      are prized as game birds.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
      the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
      the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
      other species of sandpipers.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: Among the more important species are the blackbellied
         plover or blackbreasted plover (Charadrius
         squatarola) of America and Europe; -- called also
         gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, sea
         plover, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
         Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
         (Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The piping
         plover (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
         (Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
         (Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
         (Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
         species.
         [1913 Webster]

   Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.

   Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
      Tattler.

   Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]

   Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
      [Prov. Eng.]

   Whistling plover.
      (a) The golden plover.
      (b) The black-bellied plover.
          [1913 Webster] Plow

Plover, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
   Population (2000):    10520
   Housing Units (2000): 4133
   Land area (2000):     8.495966 sq. miles (22.004451 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.384034 sq. miles (0.994643 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    8.880000 sq. miles (22.999094 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            63525
   Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
   Location:             44.466183 N, 89.543707 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     54467
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Plover, WI
    Plover

Plover, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    95
   Housing Units (2000): 50
   Land area (2000):     0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            63840
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             42.878058 N, 94.622648 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50573
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Plover, IA
    Plover