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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Oxeye \Ox"eye'\, noun [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 ({Parus 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plover \Plov"er\, noun [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 plover} 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 plover} or {ringed plover} ({[AE]gialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[AE]gialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[AE]gialitis Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover} ({[AE]gialitis montana}); and the {semipalmated plover} ({[AE]gialitis semipalmata}), are all small American species.
{Bastard plover} (Zo["o]l.), the lapwing.
{Long-legged plover}, 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) 2.0 [wn]:
oxeye
noun
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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