Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun charadrius_melodus

1 sense of charadrius melodus

Sense 1
piping plover, Charadrius melodus -- (small plover of eastern North America)
       => plover -- (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)