Northern Lapwing

lap·wing (l

)

Any of several Old World birds of the genus Vanellus related to the plovers, especially V. vanellus, having a narrow crest and erratic flight behavior. Also called green plover, pewit.

[By folk etymology from Middle English lapwink, hoopoe, lapwing, from Old English hlapewince : hlapan, to leap + *wincan, to waver.]

lapwing [ˈlæpˌwɪŋ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

[altered form of Old English hlēapewince plover, from hlēapan to leap + wincian to jerk, wink¹]

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Noun

lapwing - large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

green plover, peewit, pewit

plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

genus Vanellus, Vanellus - Eurasian lapwings

Translations

lapwing [ˈlæpwɪŋ] N → avefría f

lapwing

n → Kiebitz m

lapwing [ˈlæpˌwɪŋ] n → pavoncella

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