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oxeye

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oxeye  \Ox"eye`\,  n.  [Ox  +  eye.] 
  1.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  oxeye  daisy.  See  under  {Daisy}. 
  b  The  corn  camomile  ({Anthemis  arvensis}). 
  c  A  genus  of  composite  plants  ({Buphthalmum})  with  large 
  yellow  flowers. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  titmouse,  especially  the  great  titmouse  ({Parus 
  major})  and  the  blue  titmouse  ({P.  c[oe]ruleus}). 
  [Prov.  Eng.] 
  b  The  dunlin. 
  c  A  fish;  the  bogue,  or  box. 
 
  {Creeping  oxeye}  (Bot.)  a  West  Indian  composite  plant 
  ({Wedelia  carnosa}). 
 
  {Seaside  oxeye}  (Bot.),  a  West  Indian  composite  shrub 
  ({Borrichia  arborescens}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plover  \Plov"er\,  n.  [OF.  plovier,  F.  pluvier  prop.,  the  rain 
  bird,  fr  LL  (assumed)  pluviarius  fr  L.  pluvia  rain,  from 
  pluere  to  rain;  akin  to  E.  float,  G.  fliessen  to  flow.  See 
  {Float}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  limicoline  birds 
  belonging  to  the  family  {Charadrid[ae]},  and  especially 
  those  belonging  to  the  subfamily  {Charadrins[ae]}.  They 
  are  prized  as  game  birds. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  grallatorial  bird  allied  to  or  resembling, 
  the  true  plovers,  as  the  crab  plover  ({Dromas  ardeola}); 
  the  American  upland,  plover  ({Bartramia  longicauda});  and 
  other  species  of  sandpipers. 
 
  Note:  Among  the  more  important  species  are  the  {blackbellied, 
  or  blackbreasted  plover}  ({Charadrius  squatarola})  of 
  America  and  Europe;  --  called  also  {gray  plover}, 
  {bull-head  plover},  {Swiss  plover},  {sea  plover},  and 
  {oxeye};  the  {golden  plover}  (see  under  {Golden});  the 
  {ring  or  ringed  plover}  ({[AE]gialitis  hiaticula}).  See 
  {Ringneck}.  The  {piping  plover}  ({[AE]gialitis 
  meloda});  {Wilson's  plover}  ({[AE].  Wilsonia});  the 
  {mountain  plover}  ({[AE].  montana});  and  the 
  {semipalmated  plover}  ({[AE].  semipalmata}),  are  all 
  small  American  species. 
 
  {Bastard  plover}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  lapwing. 
 
  {Long-legged},  or  {yellow-legged},  {plover}.  See  {Tattler}. 
 
 
  {Plover's  page},  the  dunlin.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Rock  plover},  or  {Stone  plover},  the  black-bellied  plover. 
  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Whistling  plover}. 
  a  The  golden  plover. 
  b  The  black-bellied  plover. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oxeye 
  n  1:  any  North  American  shrubby  perennial  herb  of  the  genus 
  Heliopsis  having  large  yellow  daisylike  flowers  [syn:  {heliopsis}] 
  2:  Eurasian  perennial  herbs  having  daisylike  flowers  with 
  yellow  rays  and  dark  centers 
  3:  an  oval  or  round  dormer  window




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