Found 2 items, similar to lapwing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lapwing
lapwing
n : large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
[syn:
green plover,
peewit,
pewit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lapwing
Lapwing
\Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS.
hle['a]pewince; hle['a]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word
akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering;
cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See
Leap, and
Wink.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.
[1913 Webster]