noun
- plural of killdeer; small brown and white shorebirds known for their distinctive call and broken-wing display
Examples
- The killdees nested in the gravel parking lot behind the store.
- We spotted several killdees running along the muddy shoreline.
- The killdees performed their broken-wing act to distract us from their nest.
- During migration, flocks of killdees gather in open fields.
- The killdees’ loud calls echoed across the wetland at dawn.
- Two killdees built their nest in the middle of the baseball diamond.