marsh plover (marsh pluv"er)

The pectoral sandpiper, Actodromas maculata: a gunners' misnomer. [Plymouth Bay, Ma achusetts.] marsh-pullet (märsh'pület), n. The common American gallinule, Gallinula galeata. See cut under gallinule. [Washington, D. C.] marsh-quail (märsh'kwal), n. The meadowlark, Sturnella magna. [Local, New Eng.] marsh-ringlet (märsh'ring"let), n. A kind of butterfly, Can ony mph a davus. marsh-robin (märsh'robin), n. The chewink or towhee-bunting, Pipilo erythrophthalmus: so called from its haunts, and the reddish color on the sides of the breast. [Local, U. S.] marsh-rosemary (märsh'roz mā-ri), n. 1. A plant, Statice Limonium, the root of which is a strong astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. [U.S.]-2. An occasional name of the wild rosemary. See Ledum. marsh-samphire (märsh's am"fir), n. A leafle , much-branched, jointed, succulent plant, Salicornia herbacea, found on muddy or moist sandy shores in both hemispheres. It is eaten by cattle, and makes a good pickle. See gla wort and Salicornia. marsh-shrew (märsh's hrö), n. An aquatic shrew of North America, Neosorex palustris, and other species of the same genus. The technical characters are similar to those of the water-shrew of Europe, Cro opus fodiens. They inhabit the northern United States and British America, ranging further south in alpine regions. See Neosorex.