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golden plover

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis, having black underparts and a golden back in the breeding season, now regarded as the three species P. apricaria of Europe, P. fulva of the Pacific coasts, and P. dominica of North America.

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Meaning 2

plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots

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Broader terms: plover

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: pollu tordu — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Asturian: chiflón — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Catalan: daurada grossa — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Catalan: fuell — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Dutch: goudplevier — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Faroese: lógv — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Finnish: kapustarinta — Pluvialis apricaria
  • French: pluvier doré — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Galician: píllara dourada — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Greenlandic: anngilik — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Irish: feadóg bhuí — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Irish: feadóg shléibhe — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Norman: êprivyi doré — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heilo — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Portuguese: tarambola-dourada — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Russian: золоти́стая ржа́нка (zolotístaja ržánka) — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Inari-Sami: piiččus — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Lule-Sami: hudi — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Northern Sami: bižus — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Skolt-Sami: ča ́ppesrâ ́ddjeä ́ǧǧlå ́dd — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Southern Sami: sjorjehke — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Swedish: ljungpipare — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Turkish: altın yağmurcun — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Welsh: cwtiad aur — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Welsh: rhostog rhudd — Pluvialis apricaria
  • Dutch: Aziatische goudplevier — Pluvialis fulva
  • Finnish: siperiankurmitsa — Pluvialis fulva
  • French: pluvier fauve — Pluvialis fulva
  • Swedish: sibirisk tundrapipare — Pluvialis fulva