English Dictionary

killdeer

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɪldɪɹ/

名詞

A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest.

日本語の意味

北米に生息するプラバー類の一種で、巣を守る目的で自ら傷ついたふり（擬傷行動）をする習性があり、特徴的な鳴き声を持つ。

A killdeer loudly feigned a broken wing to lure predators away from its nest in the gravelly field.

北アメリカのチドリ（Charadrius vociferus）は、砂利の多い野原で巣から捕食者を引き離すために、壊れた翼のふりを大きな声でして見せた。

意味（1）

A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest.

A kill-deer, flying so low as to dip its wings, ever and anon alighted on the margin, its stilt-like legs half submerged as it ran hither and thither, now and then bending to dig in the sand with its long slender bill.

killdeers （ plural ）

killdeer （ plural ）