Crossword-Solution: KILLDEER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Killdeer | n. | A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera). |
We have 9 clues for the answer “KILLDEER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | 1 answer |
| NORTH American ring-plover | 1 answer |
| large brown-and-white North American plover with a noisy cry | 1 answer |
| ringed plover | 1 answer |
| American plover | 2 answers |
| plover | 5 answers |
| LIMICOLINE bird | 7 answers |
| Shore bird | 35 answers |
| NORTH American bird | 48 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with KILLDEER (5)
Crossing our meadow there was a stream that had grassy banks, big trees, willows, bushes and vines for shade, a solid pebbly bed; it was all turns and bends so that the water hurried until it bubbled and sang as it went; in it lived tiny fish coloured brightly as flowers, beside it ran killdeer, plover and solemn blue herons almost as tall as I was came from the river to fish; for a place to play on an August afternoon, it couldn't be beaten.
The killdeer in the distance cries; The thrasher, in her garb of brown, From tree to tree in gladness flies.
But the killdeer on invisible legs, circling the lake shore, replied instantly; so did the lark soaring above, and the dove of the elm thicket close beside.
Killdeer were glorying in the moonlight and night flight, and cried in pure, clear notes as they sailed over the water.
Killdeer cried for slaughter, in plaintive tones, as their white breasts gleamed silver-like across the sky.
Quotes with KILLDEER (1)
The secret of seeing is, then the pearl of great price. If I thought he could teach me to find it and keep it forever I would stagger barefoot across a hundred deserts after any lunatic at all. But although the pearl may be found, it may not be sought. The literature of illumination reveals this above all: although it comes to those who wait for it, it is always, even to the most practiced and adept, a gift and a total surprise. I return from one walk knowing where the killde…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1992).