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Definition of Lapwing
1. Noun. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Genus Vanellus, Vanellus
Definition of Lapwing
1. n. A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. 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.
Definition of Lapwing
1. Noun. Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae of the family Charadriidae. ¹
2. Noun. A silly man. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lapwing
1. a shore bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lapwing
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapwing
Literary usage of Lapwing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"The next day the lapwing was chased by two large French frigates. Upon the 10th
of June, the French in Grenada, under their commandant Jossy, ..."
2. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1882)
"Cross suits have been instituted by the Steam Navigation Company and by the
lieutenant of the lapwing, who has been substituted for the commander who is ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"have a spur at the fold of the wing, but in other respects resemble the European
lapwing ; they are very noisy, like most of the plovers. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"The lapwing. Käst. HORN-SHOOT, v. To incline or diverge, »aid of any stone or
timber which should be ... The lapwing. Cortan. HOROLOGE, t. (Lat.) A clock. ..."
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