Dictionary entry

Killdee

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Kill″dee′ (?), Kill″deer′ (?), } n.(Zoöl.) A small American plover (Ægialitis vocifera).

☞ It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black.