lapwing

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

peewit green plover pewit wattled plover southern lapwing flopwing northern lapwing white-crowned plover masked lapwing

Often followed by

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Word family

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