[ 'plʌvə ]
■ noun a short-billed gregarious wading bird, typically found by water but sometimes frequenting grassland, tundra, or mountains. [Family Charadriidae: many species.]
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., based on L. pluvia 'rain'.
[ 'plʌvə ]
■ noun a short-billed gregarious wading bird, typically found by water but sometimes frequenting grassland, tundra, or mountains. [Family Charadriidae: many species.]
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., based on L. pluvia 'rain'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004