Lapwing

What do we mean by lapwing?

Any of several medium-sized shorebirds of the widely distributed genus Vanellus, having distinctive deep wing beats, especially the northern lapwing. noun

A plover-like bird with four toes, a crest, and lustrous plumage, belonging to the genus Vanellus and family Charadriidæ. noun

A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or Vanellus vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the “plover's eggs” of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea. noun

Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae of the family Charadriidae. noun

A silly man. noun

Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs noun

Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.

The tewit (Vanellus cristatus) (which is a type of lapwing in the first sense).

A silly man.

Words that are spelled similarly to lapwing:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective lapwing:
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