χᾰραδρ-ιός,ὁ, a
A. bird,prob. thethickkneeorNorfolk plover, Charadrius oedicnemus,
Ar. Av. 266 , 1141 , Hp. Int. 37 , Arist. HA 593b15 , 615a1 , LXX Le. 11.19 , De. 14.17(18) ; it was very greedy, hence prov.χαραδριοῦ βίον ζῆν,of a glutton, Pl. Grg. 494b ; the sight of it was held to be a cure for the jaundice, cf. Hippon. 52 , Plu. 2.681c , Ael. NA 17.13 .