Lapwing

Definitions

1. Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
2. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
3. A silly man.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“Lapwings are abundant winter visitors to the area but, like⟳ the Golden Plovers, vary⟳ greatly in number⟳ between years.”

“This lapwing runs away with the shell on his head.”

CEFR level