plover

Meanings

Noun

any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles).

Verb

To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with
To hunt for plover.
To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English plover, from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Scrabble Score: 11

plover is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
plover is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plover is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

plover is a valid Words With Friends word