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Definition of Lapwings
1. lapwing [n] - See also: lapwing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapwings
Literary usage of Lapwings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memories of the Months: Being Pages from the Notebook of a Field-naturalist by Herbert Maxwell (1897)
"Earlier in these notes it has been pointed out that all the lapwings reared in
this country pass the winter farther south; while those that winter in ..."
2. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1901)
"lapwings and starlings sometimes associate. LETTER XII. March 9lh, 1772.
DEAR Sin,—As a gentleman and myself were walking on the 4th of last November, ..."
3. Martin's Natural History: Containing Two Hundred and Sixty-two Beautifully by F. Martin (1874)
"The lapwings (tringa vanellus), plate 17, fig. 2, are 03 large as the woodpigeon,
... lapwings are considered useful, as they destroy the larvae of insects. ..."
4. Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia: With Some Account by Alexander Williamson (1870)
"... in Mongolia—Mongolian Prairie Ground—A Ferry without Ferrymen—Unexpected
lapwings—Uncouth Officials—A Change for the Better—Wooden Walls versus Stone. ..."
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