semipalmated plover

English

Noun

semipalmated plover (plural semipalmated plovers)

1. A species of plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, of the Americans, with semipalmated feet.
   • 2017 June, Australian Birdlife, Carlton, Victoria, page 76, column 2:

     And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March.