ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Kildee

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Kildee is a noun meaning Alternative form of killdeer.

Meaning

Alternative form of killdeer.

Example Sentences

As I ride up to the hole of water with its bluff high to the back of it and a gravelly beach to the front, the kildees chirp and dance along the water's edge.
He had risen at daybreak to go out and shoot kildees on the Common, and he was hurrying along with his gun on his shoulder when the citizen stopped him and asked him what he was going to do with that gun.
At the mouth of the pool in which I had bathed, there was a point of sand, on which I saw several kildees, a species of plover, and, being desirous to note some of their peculiarities, I approached as close as these pretty little birds would permit, without their being driven to take wing.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include killdee, kill-deer, killdeer, shelgoose, keet, keelie.

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