Lapwing vs. Peewit

Lapwingnoun

Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.

Lapwingnoun

The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Lapwingnoun

A silly man.

Lapwingnoun

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.

Lapwingnoun

large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

Lapwing

Lapwings (subfamily Vanellinae) are any of various ground-nesting birds (family Charadriidae) akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from 10–16 inches in length, and are noted for their slow, irregular wingbeats in flight and a shrill, wailing cry.

Peewitnoun

any of several birds

Peewitnoun

the Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.

Peewitnoun

the laughing gull

Peewitnoun

the pewee or peewee

Peewitnoun

A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit.

Peewitnoun

Any of several small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.

Peewitnoun

large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

Peewitnoun

small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America