n. A bird of the family Charadriidæ and genus Charadrius, C. pluvialis.n. Hence Some or any bird of the family Charadriidæ; a charadriomorphic grallatorial bird.n. In various parts of the United States, the Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, more fully called upland, highland, pasture, field, corn-field, prairie, grass, and plain plover. See cut under Bartramia.n. The greater or lesser yellowshanks, Totanus melanoleucus or T. flavipes, commonly called yellow-legged plovers. [Local, U. S.] A loose woman: otherwise called a quail.n. The black-heart plover. [Local, U. S.]n. The golden plover when young. [Ireland.]n. Sqvatarola helvetican. The Norfolk plover. [Various localities.]