Killdee \Kill"dee`\, Killdeer \Kill"deer`\, n. [So named from its notes.]

(Zo["o]l.) A small American plover ([AE]gialitis vocifera).

Note: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)