χαραδριός

A. bird, prob. the thickknee or Norfolk 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.