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Kentish plover

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wader that breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean, but not including Kent.

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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: corriol camanegre — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Czech: kulík mořský — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Dutch: strandplevier — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Dutch: zandloper — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Finnish: mustajalkatylli — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • West-Frisian: dûkelmantsje — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Irish: feadóigín chosdubh — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Japanese: シロチドリ (shirochidori) — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Maltese: monakella żgħira — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Polish: sieweczka morska — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Romanian: prundăraș de sărătură — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Russian: морской зуёк (morskoj zujók) — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Swedish: svartbent strandpipare — Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Welsh: cwtiad Caint — Charadrius alexandrinus