1. a North American plover with a distinctive broken-wing display used to distract predators from its nest

Examples

• The killdeer ran along the gravel road, calling loudly.
• We spotted a killdeer pretending to have a broken wing near its nest.
• Killdeer often nest in open areas like parking lots and fields.
• The killdeer’s distinctive call sounds like its name.
• A killdeer led us away from her chicks with her distraction display.
• The brown and white killdeer blended perfectly with the rocky shore.