noun🔗ShareA North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest."While walking through the park, we saw a killdeer limping and dragging its wing, trying to lead us away from its nearby nest hidden in the grass. "animalbirdnatureenvironmentbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
