lapwing
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hlēapewince, from hlēapan (“to leap”) + *winc- ("sway, totter") (because of its manner of flight). The modern form is influenced by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
lapwing (plural lapwings)
- Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
- 1986, Steven L. Hilty, Bill Brown, A Guide to the Birds of Colombia, page 149,
- Plovers and lapwings are a large, virtually worldwide family that differs from sandpipers in, among other things, having a shorter, thicker, pigeonlike bill and more robust proportions.
- 2010, Des Thompson, Ingvar Byrkjedal, Tundra Plovers, page 36,
- The resident tropical plovers have much less pointed wings, and most of the lapwings have fairly rounded wing-tips, a wing shape apparently more adapted to aerial manoeuvrability than to long-distance migration.
- 2010, Clive Finlayson, Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar, page 244,
- Lapwings are abundant winter visitors to the area but, like the Golden Plovers, vary greatly in number between years.
- 1986, Steven L. Hilty, Bill Brown, A Guide to the Birds of Colombia, page 149,
- The tewit (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.) (which is a type of lapwing in the first sense).
- A silly man.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V Scene 2,
- This lapwing runs away with the shell on his head.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V Scene 2,
Derived terms
- masked lapwing
- northern lapwing
- sociable lapwing
- spur-winged lapwing
- white-tailed lapwing
- See also
Lapwing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae
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