Term: piping plover: small plover of eastern North America
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: sociobiologist: a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: shyness: a feeling of fear of embarrassment
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: differentia: distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus)
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: torpedo: a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: operant conditioning: conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: steer roping: capturing a steer with a lasso
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: tribalization: the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: telomerase: an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: hemoprotein: a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin
Broader: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | Unrelated: potshot: criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration