lapwing
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.
Origin of lapwing
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How to use lapwing in a sentence
And cf. 'to seem the lapwing and to jest, Tongue far from heart'; Meas.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerA low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.
The Underworld | James C. WelshAnd here is a moorcock's; and this—I should know it among a thousand—it's a lapwing's.
Emily Bront | A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) RobinsonI made him promise he'd never shoot a lapwing after that, and he didn't.
Emily Bront | A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) RobinsonIt was sometimes represented as a crane, at others as a lapwing.
Scarabs | Isaac Myer
British Dictionary definitions for lapwing
/ (ˈlæpˌwɪŋ) /
any of several plovers of the genus Vanellus, esp V. vanellus, typically having a crested head, wattles, and spurs: Also called: green plover, pewit, peewit
Origin of lapwing
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