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lapwing
n.
European plover (type of bird)
Lapwing
Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers,
family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10–16 inches. They are a
subfamily of medium-sized wading
birds which also includes the
plovers and
dotterels. The Vanellinae are collectively called
lapwings but also contain the ancient
red-kneed dotterel. A lapwing can be thought of as a larger plover.
lapwing
Noun
1. large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
(synonym) green plover, peewit, pewit
(hypernym) plover
(member-holonym) Vanellus, genus Vanellus
Lapwing
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Lapwing
(Heb. duciphath) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:19) and in the parallel passage of (14:18) amongst the list of those birds which were forbidden by the law of Moses to be eaten by the Israelites. Commentators generally agree that the hoopoe is the bird intended. The hoopoe is an occasional visitor to England, arriving for the most part in the autumn. Its crest is very elegant; each of the long feathers forming it is tipped with black.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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