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lapwing
[ lap-wing ]
noun
- a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
- any of several similar, related plovers.
lapwing
/ ˈlæpˌwɪŋ /
noun
- any of several plovers of the genus Vanellus, esp V. vanellus, typically having a crested head, wattles, and spurs Also calledgreen ploverpewitpeewit
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lapwing1
C17: altered form of Old English hlēapewince plover, from hlēapan to leap + wincian to jerk, wink 1
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Example Sentences
And cf. 'to seem the lapwing and to jest, Tongue far from heart'; Meas.
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A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.
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And here is a moorcock's; and this—I should know it among a thousand—it's a lapwing's.
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I made him promise he'd never shoot a lapwing after that, and he didn't.
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It was sometimes represented as a crane, at others as a lapwing.
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