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spur-winged plover

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
spur-winged -plover
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.

noun

Vanellus miles, the masked lapwing.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

spur-winged plovers (plural)

Synonyms

spur-winged lapwing

Questions

What does spur-winged plover mean?
Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.

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