lapwing
Americannoun
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a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
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any of several similar, related plovers.
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapwing
before 1050; Middle English, variant (by association with wing ) of lapwinke, Old English hlēapwince plover. See leap, wink 1
Vocabulary lists containing lapwing
Example Sentences
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The restaurant in Lapwing Lane, Didsbury, opened in 1990.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
On the 25th the Lapwing was sent on ahead to Bermuda to inform the authorities of the close advent of the dock.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
In the next case the bird attacked was the Spur-winged Lapwing, the irreconcilable enemy of the Carancho and its bold and persistent persecutor.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Other species have their neutral ground, but the environment seldom affords such facilities for observation as does that of the Lapwing.
From Territory in Bird Life by Howard, H. Eliot
At all events, the physical and mental forms of it were the cause of the good ship Lapwing sailing one night straight to destruction.
From The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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