charadrius melodus

English Thesaurus

1. small plover of eastern North America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	plover,
definition	:	any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	charadrius, genus charadrius,
definition	:	type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers (noun.animal)