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One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.

Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.

echinoderms. -- Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zoöl.) See Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster. -- Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless. -- Ring fence. See under Fence. -- Ring finger, the third f…