Glareole (Noun)
Meaning
Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The glareole made its nest in a shallow depression in the sandy beach to camouflage its eggs.
- Several glareoles flew above the dry lakebed searching for insects to eat.
- Scientists spent months studying the glareole's behavior in the coastal wetlands.
- This shorebird belonged to the family Glareolidae, commonly referred to as glareoles.
- The glareole used its exceptional speed to escape a predator that was closing in on it.